End of Life and Palliative Care - Explanation and Information Document List

List of End-of-Life - Palliative Care Publications:

• Proposed Changes to Medical Assistance in Dying Legislation : Canadian Government

  Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID) is a complex and deeply personal issue. Article outlines reintroduced proposed changes to Canada's Criminal Code provisions on MAID.

• Palliative Care Findings on Caregiver Depression, LGBT Partners, Moral Distress

  Major findings from the latest research on hospital palliative care according to study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine, an official publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine.

• Defining the Changing Nature of Wisdom at the End of Life

  Researchers create consensus definition of wisdom as a complex trait with several inter-related components, such as compassion, emotional regulation, spirituality and tolerance.

• Blood Pressure Begins to Decline 14-18 Yrs Before Death

  Research shows blood pressure in seniors gradually begins to decrease about 14 or so years before death.

• How Do Doctors Make Decisions When Managing Care for Critically & Terminally Ill Patients?

  Study examined intubation decision-making process for 73 hospital-based doctors from 3 academic medical centers.

• Is Quebec Dr. Assisted End of Life Law Too Restrictive?

  Article examines Quebec legislation regarding medical assisted aid in dying.

• End-of-life Care for Seniors in Nursing Homes - Call to Action

  IOM gathered experts in care of older adults to put together a framework and principles for improving end-of-life care.

• Bill to Charge Doctors with Homicide for Providing Aid in Dying Defeated

  Bipartisan group of legislators voted 51 to 49 to reject bill HB328, which opponents call The Physician Imprisonment Act.

• Disability Advocates Preparing to Oppose Assisted Suicide Bills

  Disability advocates prepared to oppose flurry of state assisted suicide bills being introduced in 2015.

• City of West Hollywood Passes Death with Dignity Resolution

  West Hollywood city council voted unanimously on resolution urging Los Angeles county district attorney to de-prioritize death with dignity prosecutions.

• US Health System Not Designed to Meet Patients Nearing End of Life Needs

  U.S. health care system not designed to meet needs of patients nearing end of life and those of their families - major changes to the system are necessary.

• Questions to Discuss with Parents About Their End-of-Life Care

  Article suggests topics that can be discussed with aging parents in regards to end of life care and their final wishes.

• Psychiatric Advance Directives (PAD)

  Information and facts regarding psychiatric advance directive law for people with psychiatric illness or any other form of medical condition.

• New Bill Attempts SSDI Reform for Terminally Ill

  U.S. Senators introduce Expedited Disability Insurance Payments for Terminally Ill Individuals Act of 2013 bill meant to help terminally ill individuals receive help sooner.

• Dignity, Death and Dilemmas - Hospice Workers Struggle with Physician Assisted Death Laws

  Hospice workers who provide end of life care often struggle with beliefs and actions when dealing with a concept they traditionally oppose.

• Vermont Gov. Signs First Death-with-Dignity Law

  New Vermont law will let dying and mentally competent people determine when they have endured enough suffering and empowers them to end their lives with dignity.

• Nursing Home Sued for Violating End-of-Life Directive

  A woman is suing a Lakeland hospital and nursing home, claiming her frail, 91-year-old mother's wishes were violated when aggressive, traumatic Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) was imposed upon her despite a Do Not Resuscitate order.

• Meeting Standards for Good Care Near the End of Life

  The book separates fact from fiction, clarifying mis-perceptions that can lead to problems or conflict.

• Loss of Faith and Family Struggles when Relative Dying

  Examining family struggles with anger and forgiveness when relative is dying including relationships with God and faith.

• Early End of Life Care Discussion Equals Less Aggressive Care Later

  Study reports earlier discussions about EOL care preferences strongly associated with less aggressive care and increased use of hospice care for patients with advanced cancer.

• Facebook Organ and Tissue Donation Feature

  Facebook introduces feature that lets people state their wishes to become donors in an attempt to reduce long waiting lists for organs and tissue.

• Health-care Costs at End of Life Often Exceeds Total Assets

  Researchers find a quarter of Medicare recipients spend more than total value of their assets on out-of-pocket healthcare expenses during the last 5 years of life.

• Pancreatic Cancer - Making Hard Choices

  Examines whether patients should spend a large amount of the time they have left undergoing aggressive treatment for only a brief period of additional life.

• Do Not Resuscitate Rights for Developmentally Challenged and Seniors

  Calls to work with societies and advocacy groups for developmentally disabled to develop policies and ensure dignity at time of death for all individuals.

• Quebec Commission on Issue of Dying With Dignity Report - Not Dead Yet Responds

  Disability rights advocates from Not Dead Yet react to Report of Commission on Issue of Dying With Dignity in Quebec Canada.

• Disability Activists Urge Georgia Supreme Court to Uphold Prosecution of Final Exit Network

  The activists are urging the state Supreme Court to uphold the prosecution of members of Final Exit Network.

• End-of-life Discussions Do Not Affect Survival Rate

  Study shows patients who talk with their physicians about end-of-life care have similar survival rates as patients who do not have these discussions.

• End of Life Discussions - Finding the Words - Dosing and Drugs

  Palliative care for advanced heart failure patients and reevaluate when a physician should discuss a patients goals to determine treatment.

• Pacific NW More Supportive of End of Life Care Options

  Support for palliative care options is even stronger, with nearly all Washington and Oregon voters saying it is important to have access to palliative care.

• Oregon Creation to Help Patients with Advanced Illness

  The POLST program was created to honor the treatment wishes of patients with advanced progressive illness or frailty.

• Two-Thirds of Children in Palliative Care Programs Live Longer than a Year

  The average life span was longer than expected and the study results help emphasize that children receiving palliative care services are living with grave life threatening conditions.

• Awareness about End-of-Life Care is Essential

  Private Conversations and Public Discourse is a call to action that encourages a national agenda for consumer engagement in end-of-life issues.

• End-of-Life Health Care Treatment - Have Your Say

  Countless families have found themselves in similar situations burdened with making difficult end-of-life health care decisions for loved ones of all ages.

• Idaho Bill Forces Dying Patients to Go Doctor Shopping

  Idahoans and their families may soon have to go doctor shopping from their death beds.

• Veterans and End of Life Care

  The Hospice Foundation of America has released Veterans and End-of-Life Care a free online webinar written by Deborah Grassman.

• Focuses on Aging and End-of-Life Challenges in the LGBT Community

  The Hospice Foundation of America Aging and End-of-Life Challenges in the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Community.

• Creating a Living Will and Power of Attorney - Your Final Say

  Examines the benefits of having a living will and granting power of attorney.

• Global Quality of Death Index - USA in 9th Place

  Quality of Death Index ranks countries according to their provision of end-of-life care.

• End-of-life Care in Hospital

  Patients admitted to a teaching hospital for an end-of-life illness generally receive high-quality medical care.

• Right to Die Billboards

  Final Exit Network Right-to-Die Billboards Appear in California New Jersey and Florida.

• Does the U.S. Need to Ration Costly End-of-Life Care

  Should the government spend less on costly end-of-life procedures and instead use these resources to care for more patients.

• End-of-life Care Must Reflect Patient Values and Wishes

  Improved decision-making in the use of feeding tubes for hospitalized nursing home residents with advanced dementia.

• Doctors Opinions not Always Welcome in Life Support Decisions

  Caregivers of critical care patients prefer doctors to keep their opinions on life support decisions to themselves.