Dementia diagnosis often means death within five years, study finds
More than half of adults diagnosed with dementia die within five years – signaling a need for informed conversations about care, say researchers.
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Dementia screening in primary care does not increase anxiety, study finds
Can dementia screening harm a patient’s mental health? Not according to a study of diverse Indiana primary clinics.
Who uses the care planning code? Memory-care expert says the answer matters
A memory-care expert is the latest advocate for greater use and expansion of Medicare’s largely untapped dementia care planning benefit.
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Study explores dementia, advanced care
Researchers at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis are working with nursing homes to develop a program that provides advance care-planning for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.
New online certificate program in advanced care planning starts
Sarah Lawrence College’s Graduate & Professional Studies program has launched a course to train physicians and healthcare professionals in discussing end-of-life care preferences.
Annual ‘day’ promoting advance-care planning arrives
National Healthcare Decision Day (NHDD) will actually be observed for a week this year. The 50-state annual initiative promoting the importance of advance-care planning will take place from Sunday through Saturday, April 22.
5 approaches to make advance care planning useful
Most of us want to have control over events when our health worsens or life seems short.
What ‘do everything’ can mean
The day I met Mrs. Bartlett at my hospital, she was an 89-year-old long-stay nursing home resident with moderate-to-severe dementia who was being transferred to my hospitalist service for shortness of breath. Her family had never discussed what kind of medical care she would want.
Why LTC organizations should conduct end-of-life planning conversations
Advance end-of-life planning can spare patients unwanted, aggressive treatments and it can help physicians calibrate care in more reasonable manner.
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