Taking Control of End of Life Decisions

Collection of articles and book titles on how to prepare to get the gentle death you probably want.

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Palliative Care Builds Bridges in Oncology Practice

Opinion | I’m Going to Die. I May as Well Be Cheerful About It. (Published 2020)

I'm Going to Die. I May as Well be Cheerful About It

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The Cost Of Dying In The US Is Exorbitant. Behavioral Economics Explains Why.

The Cost Of Dying in the US Is Exorbitant.

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Ochsner partners with Louisiana digital end-of-life care registry

Ochsner partners with Louisiana digital end-of-life care registry: New Orleans-based Ochsner Health System has become the first health system to join an initiative to create a statewide electronic registry for advance care planning documents, according to a Feb. 19 news release.

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Hospices Leverage Acute Care Partnerships to Improve Access to Care

While staring down tighter reimbursements and intensified regulatory scrutiny, hospices are becoming interested in health care system integration because of improved access, collaboration, operational support, and financial stability. Hospices and hospitals are increasingly joining forces to provide goal concordant care, reduce costs and prevent readmissions, while supporting growth for the hospice. While most people wish …

Diagnosed With Dementia, She Documented Her Wishes. They Said No. - KFF Health News

Diagnosed With Dementia, She Documented Her Wishes. They Said No. | Kaiser Health News

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We spend about half of our federal tax dollars on health care. That's ridiculous.

Health care: 48% of tax dollars spent on medical-industrial complex

Background/ObjectivesWith the growing public demand for access to critical health data across care settings, it is essential that advance care planning (ACP) information be included in the electron... Leadership Lessons, Electronic Health Records, Acute Care, Letter To The Editor, Hormone Replacement, Life Care, Online Library

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Community‐Based Palliative Care and Advance Care Planning Documentation: Evidence from a Multispecialty Group

Background/ObjectivesWith the growing public demand for access to critical health data across care settings, it is essential that advance care planning (ACP) information be included in the electron...

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Advance Care Planning Associated with Longer Survival at End of Life

Advance care planning is associated with longer life among terminally ill patients, a recent study in BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care found. Through advance care planning, patients make clear their wishes and goals for end-of-life care and communicate that information to their clinicians as well as their families. Advance care plans also typically include the …

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More Americans are dying at home than in hospitals

More people dying at home than in hospitals in US, study finds

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More Deaths Now Occur in Homes than Hospitals, Nursing Facilities

For the first time since the early 20th Century more people are ending their lives in their homes rather than the hospital or a nursing facility, according to a new report that appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine. The percentage of deaths that took place in a private residence rose to 30% in …

Opinion | Doctors are torturing dementia patients at the end of their life. And it’s totally unnecessary.

Procedures can be so rough on frail bodies that patients may have even lived longer without them.

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Everything Will Be Ok

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CMS: Hospices Can Now Apply to Primary Care First

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has opened the online application period for the Primary Care First payment models. The agency announced the program in April and will implement the models in phases beginning in January 2021, initially in 26 regions throughout the United States. Hospices and palliative care organizations are eligible …