Showing posts with label living will. Show all posts
Showing posts with label living will. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Shocking Claim- "Comatose People to be Declared Dead for Use as Organ Donors."

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A recent article warns that proposed changes to medical standards regarding end of life determinations mean that, " Comatose People to ...
Thursday, April 4, 2019

Expressions of Faith and Values in Your Estate Plan

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ID 115389578 © Maksim Prochan | Dreamstime.com For many, passing religious beliefs and values to the next generation is just as importan...
Monday, June 12, 2017

Do-Not-Hospitalize Orders Underutilized, Could Reduce Hospital Stays

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Do-not-hospitalize (DNH) orders help reduce the number of hospital stays and emergency department visits for nursing home residents, but the...
Friday, April 14, 2017

National Health Care Decisions Day: Conflicting State Laws Interfere with Patient's Health Care Choices

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The results of a new study underscore the importance of advanced directives and health care proxies in routine estate and health care plann...
Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Considerations in Crafting Health Care Proxies or Durable Powers of Attorney for Health Care

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The most important document in your estate plan is the document appointing a health care proxy.  In Ohio and in Missouri this document is ca...
Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Resident's Death Caused By Nursing Home Failing to Follow Advanced Directives Requesting CPR

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According to McKnight's , an Illinois nursing home has been cited and fined $25,000 after nursing staff failed to follow an advance dire...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015

The Trouble With Advance Directives

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Where are your advance directives?  Are they up-to date? A recent article in the New York Times highlights two major problems with ...
Saturday, August 30, 2014

Surprise? Researchers Find that Hospice Use Not Increasing Despite Record Use of Advance Directives

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According to an article published in McNight's Long Term Care News , seniors are completing advance directives in record numbers, but ...
Friday, March 21, 2014

Study Concludes that Advanced Directives are Associated with Peaceful Death

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                                 The 7th Annual NHDD is April 16th, 2014 Dying nursing home residents who have dementia display significa...
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

New Year's Resolution: Planning for Incapacity

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The Ohio statutory living will declaration has affixed to the first page  the seals of the various legal and medical organizations that...
Saturday, December 11, 2010

For the Family Caregiver, the Perfect Holiday is a State of Mind

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The holidays are always a wonderful time of year for family gatherings, reflection on what we have and the spirit of giving. Th...
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Most Do Not Have Advanced Directives

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"Five years after the court fight over allowing Terri Schiavo to die, most Americans still don't draft the legal documents that sp...
Monday, March 29, 2010

National Healthcare Decisions Day is April 16

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National Healthcare Decisions Day is April 16th! On this day, all across the country, health care facilities, health care professionals, cha...
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

End-of-Life Care Not to Blame for Increased Costs

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In this information age, there certainly seems to be a large amount of misinformation.  One of the more persistent myths, is that the high c...
Thursday, February 11, 2010

Doctors Avoid End-of-life Counseling with Patients

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According to researchers publishing a report in the journal Cancer , most doctors don't talk about end-of-life issues with their cancer ...
Saturday, May 1, 2004

Ohio Ranked One of the Worst States in which to Die

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Only Two States Were Ranked Lower Ohio is one of the states where the dying are less likely to receive the best all-around care and lega...