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Study: End-of-Life Conversations Make a Difference

March 26, 2019
Press Release
End-of-Life Care
End-of-life (EOL) conversations enhance palliative care and quality-of-life efforts for nursing home residents, according to a study in the March issue of JAMDA. In “Association Between End-of-Life Conversations in Nursing Homes and End-of-Life Care...

End-of-Life Advice: More Than 500,000 Chat on Medicare’s Dime

August 14, 2017
AMDA in the News
USA Today
Advance Care Planning, Advance Directives, End-of-Life Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Practitioners, Resident, Right’s
The 90-year-old woman in the San Diego-area nursing home was quite clear, said Dr. Karl Steinberg. She didn’t want aggressive measures to prolong her life. If her heart stopped, she didn’t want CPR. But when Steinberg, a palliative care physician,...

Serious Pain Afflicts a Third of Nursing Home Residents in Last Six Months of Life

June 29, 2017
AMDA in the News
Medical Xpress
End-of-Life Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Pain Management
Many nursing home residents have a fairly pain-free experience until the end of life, but at least a third suffer persistent, significant pain during their last six months, according to a new study from the University of Manitoba, University of...

Do-Not-Hospitalize Orders Reduce Resident Transfers, Says New Study

May 17, 2017
AMDA in the News
Provider Magazine
Advance Care Planning, End-of-Life Care, Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Dementia, Transitions of Care
A fresh look at how Do-Not-Hospitalize (DNH) orders affect the movement of skilled nursing care residents shows those residents with such directives experienced significantly fewer transfers to hospitals or emergency departments (EDs). Report...

Incomplete End-of-Life Forms Vex Physicians

October 14, 2016
AMDA in the News
Medscape
Advance Care Planning, Advance Directives, End-of-Life Care, Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST), Patient Centered
A study of elderly patients' end-of-life forms found that 69% had at least one section left blank, and 14% indicated the patient wanted comfort measures only, but also that they wanted be sent to the hospital, receive intravenous fluids, and/or...

Senior Living Team Can Help Clarify Older Adults' End-of-Life Wishes

October 4, 2016
AMDA in the News
McKnight's Senior Living
Advance Care Planning, Advance Directives, End-of-Life Care, Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST), Patient Centered, Resident, Right’s
Physicians' Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatments, or POLST, forms often are seen as a way to honor the end-of-life wishes of frail elderly individuals when they no longer can speak for themselves. A study published last week in the Journal of the...

Study: Confusion on End-of-Life Forms Can Cause Elderly Patients to Receive More Emergency Care Than They May Have Wanted

September 28, 2016
AMDA in the News
University at Buffalo the State University of New York
End-of-Life Care, Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST), End-of-Life, Patient Centered, Resident, Risk
In recent years, Physicians’ Orders for Life Sustaining Treatments (POLST) forms have been seen as an important way to honor the end-of-life wishes of frail elderly or terminally ill patients who cannot speak for themselves. But while the goal of...

Survey Reveals Barriers to End-of-Life, Advance Care Planning Discussions

April 14, 2016
AMDA in the News
McKnight's Senior Living
Advance Care Planning, End-of-Life Care, Assisted Living, Medicare, Patient Centered, Electronic Health Records (EHR)
Although almost all physicians who treat Medicare beneficiaries think end-of-life and advance care planning conversations are important, many of them report significant barriers to having these discussions with those for whom they care, and 46%...

Editorial Issues a Call to Action for End-of-Life Care of Older Adults in Nursing Homes

February 19, 2015
AMDA in the News
Medical Press
Advance Care Planning, End-of-Life Care, Dementia, End-of-Life, Palliative Care
End-of-life care for nursing home residents has long been associated with poor symptom control and low family satisfaction. With more than one in four older Americans dying in a nursing home—including 70 percent of Americans with advanced dementia—...

Warner, Isakson introduce bipartisan bill to improve planning options for patients with advanced illness

June 10, 2015
AMDA in the News
Augusta Free Press
Advance Care Planning, Advance Directives, End-of-Life Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Patient Centered
U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) introduced legislation today designed to give people with serious illness the freedom to make more informed choices about their care, and the power to have those choices honored.