Legal Preparedness for Aging and Caregiving
The legal documents that every adult in the U.S. should have to help ensure their finances and health care are well-managed.
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Read more: New Evidence on Dementia, Identity, and Decision-Making New Evidence on Dementia, Identity, and Decision-Making
An argument for assessing decision-making capacity in terms of personal identity, rather than cognitive functioning.
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Read more: Advance Care Planning in an Online World: State Law Activity and Challenges Since COVID-19 Advance Care Planning in an Online World: State Law Activity and Challenges Since COVID-19
In this piece, we summarize the state of remote execution requirements for advance directives before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Read more: Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Providers for People with Serious Illness Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Providers for People with Serious Illness
Policy changes could help address the suffering this workforce has experienced and facilitate their continued care for people with serious illness.
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Read more: Pandemic Highlights Need for Quality and Equity in End-of-Life Care Pandemic Highlights Need for Quality and Equity in End-of-Life Care
Our health care workforce, as well as patients and their families, deserve better medicine in the sensitive and tenuous time at the end of life.
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Read more: Taking Control During COVID-19 Through Advance Care Planning Taking Control During COVID-19 Through Advance Care Planning
Many people are realizing the importance of taking control where they can, such as by identifying who they want making their medical decisions if needed.
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Read more: A Physician Reflects on COVID-19 and Advance Care Planning A Physician Reflects on COVID-19 and Advance Care Planning
COVID-19 or not, all clinicians need to be trained in how to talk to patients and families about their goals and values and tailor care accordingly.
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Read more: The COVID-19 Pandemic Highlights the Necessity of Advance Care Planning The COVID-19 Pandemic Highlights the Necessity of Advance Care Planning
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the importance of clearly expressing personal wishes for medical care in emergency situations.
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Read more: COVID-19 Underscores Racial Disparity in Advance Directives COVID-19 Underscores Racial Disparity in Advance Directives
In the COVID-19 pandemic, health care providers must work to ensure parity in conversations about end-of-life care and honoring patients’ wishes.
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Read more: Hastening Death to Avoid Prolonged Dementia Hastening Death to Avoid Prolonged Dementia
By Norman L. Cantor The scourge of Alzheimer’s is daunting. For me, the specter of being mired in progressively degenerative dementia is an intolerably degrading prospect. One avoidance tactic — suicide while still competent — risks a premature demise while still enjoying a tolerable lifestyle. The question arises whether an alternative tactic — an advance…