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During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people unexpectedly needed critical care such as ventilators but were unable to communicate their end-of-life wishes to their loved ones. Researchers like me, who ...

Given their day-to-day, intimate interaction with residents, certified nursing assistants (CNAs) are uniquely positioned to contribute to care planning and interdisciplinary care team (IDT) meetings, ...

Medicare recognizes the importance of end-of-life planning and what you’d like your future care to look like. Its advance care planning benefit is part of your annual wellness appointment. During your ...

About 70% of people need some form of long-term care. You will need to do some thinking about the type of care that you would ideally like to receive and assess the costs. Your next step should be to ...

Implementing advance care planning consults can increase advance directive completion rates. The authors demonstrate the impact of consults on completed advance directives in the medical record.

Comprehensive long-term care planning is about creating options. When you address these needs proactively, you maintain control over your choices and preserve your family's financial future. When most ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Rates of end-of-life conversations and completion of advance directives increased after the intervention. The ...

End-of-life planning refers to the steps a person takes to get their affairs in order and determine how they want to spend their last days. People may also refer to end-of-life planning as advance ...