End-Of-Life Care Planning Archives

Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Aug. 25

By

Alicia Lasek

August 25, 2021

Training not enough to reduce hospitalization, ED visits in end-of-life care … Breakthrough infections may be less transmissible, study in healthcare workers suggests … Wider vaccine approvals on the way; COVID may be under control by 2022, Fauci predicts … Good hydration may prevent heart failure, federal researchers find … COVID transmission risk greatest 2 to 3 days around symptoms onset … Five-minute cognitive assessment has promising results in validity study, developer says

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Clinical briefs for Wednesday, April 7

By

Alicia Lasek

April 7, 2021

Remote cardiology visits tied to decrease in diagnostic tests, medications … Despite pandemic, less than half of older adults have recorded end-of-life wishes … U.S. COVID case counts continue to rise … Precision LTC Pharmacy acquires Prime Care Pharmacy Services, Inc. … Sing for Hope nursing home arts initiative offers new digital programming targeted to seniors

Provider to pay $3 million in ambulance-swapping case

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These factors predict residents’ emergency care outcomes, palliative experts find

By

Alicia Lasek

March 23, 2021

A study that followed residents through all stages of emergency department transfers and care has found that certain comorbidities and levels of stress can predict subsequent recovery from symptoms.

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End-of-life experience in nursing homes differs with race, ethnicity

By

Alicia Lasek

January 21, 2021

Language services and cultural competency training could help nursing home staff correct imbalances in residents’ end-of-life experience, say investigators from the Columbia University School of Nursing.

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POLST form triples odds that residents’ treatment wishes are known: study

By

Alicia Lasek

November 23, 2020

Nursing home residents who had Physician’s Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment significantly increased the likelihood that their treatment preferences were documented in their medical record, a statewide facility study has shown.

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Black patients less likely to seek hospice care than whites, researchers say

By

Alicia Lasek

October 29, 2020

Black patients seek substantially more intensive medical treatment in the last six months of life than whites, a study shows. The investigators recommend that more healthcare providers are trained to promote the discussion of end-of-life preferences in Black populations.

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First national LTC group endorses nationwide end-of-life care form

By

Danielle Brown

July 6, 2020

The first national organization to officially endorse the adoption of a national Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form has emerged.

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Person-centered care pushing aside nonsense

By

James M. Berklan

September 6, 2017

I found it stunning when I recently read that more than a half million people had taken advantage of new Medicare coverage that pays for end-of-life discussions with their doctors. And there was hardly a peep about it.

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Obama reverses course on regulation allowing advance care planning

January 6, 2011

The Obama administration has opted to remove any mention of end-of-life care planning from a Medicare regulation that took effect at the beginning of the year, The New York Times reported.

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House may resurrect measure allowing Medicare reimbursement for end-of-life consultation

April 30, 2010

A controversial provision to allow Medicare to reimburse for end-of-life planning consultations could be making a comeback, according to reports.