Advance Care Planning

By vgreene, 24 September, 2012
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NIA (National Institute on Aging)
Short Description
8-pg booklet on advance planning for healthcare decisions
Long Description

This 8-pg handout addresses the advance healthcare decisions required due to age or medical illness. Topics such as CPR, ventilator use, artificial nutrition, comfort care, hospice, and palliative care are defined. Steps to take on making wishes known include a section on a living will, durable power of attorney, healthcare proxy, and advance directives.

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