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Caring for aging parents: Chronic Illness >
Heart and kidney failure, frailty, Alzheimer’s, Lung disease, Diabetes, Cancer
Comfort Care and Quality of Life >
The Palliative and Hospice approach: comfort and quality of life is what it’s all about
Understanding Medical Terms and Jargon >
Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation: CPR; Do Not Resuscitate: DNR; Allow Natural Death: AND
Culture, Traditions and Being Remembered >
Time honored customs can help at life’s end, and to keep memories alive.
Modern Medicine can keep you alive >
Heroic Measures: CPR, Breathing Machines, Feeding Tubes, Medications.
End of Life: Grief and Bereavement >
Knowing what End of Life looks like can ease the process; often grief starts long before the end.
Decision Makers: Consent and Conflict >
Surrogate, Substitute, Agent, Proxy: who will make sure your end of life wishes are followed.
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Dementia: Feeding tubes may add to risk of bed sores
PEG or Percutaneous endoscopic gastric feeding tubes, long assumed to help bed-bound dementia patients stave off or overcome bed sores/pressure ulcers, may instead make the wounds more likely to develop or not improve, according to a study. "We see a substantial risk...
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Communicating Prognosis at the End of Life
How to tell patients they're likely to die Health care professionals often have difficulty facilitating hope and coping strategies when managing end-of-life issues. Advising a limited life expectancy has an obvious impact on the patients, caregivers and their...