Given their day-to-day, intimate interaction with residents, certified nursing assistants (CNAs) are uniquely positioned to contribute to care planning and interdisciplinary care team (IDT) meetings, ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people unexpectedly needed critical care such as ventilators but were unable to communicate their end-of-life wishes to their loved ones. Researchers like me, who ...

Makayla K. Palmer ([email protected]) is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mireille Jacobson is an associate professor ...

Comprehensive long-term care planning is about creating options. When you address these needs proactively, you maintain control over your choices and preserve your family's financial future. When most ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Rates of end-of-life conversations and completion of advance directives increased after the intervention. The ...

Healthcare professionals create care plans to help manage conditions such as pulmonary embolism. Planning may help improve outcomes and prevent future occurrences of the condition. Care plans are an ...

End-of-life planning refers to the steps a person takes to get their affairs in order and determine how they want to spend their last days. People may also refer to end-of-life planning as advance ...