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End of Life Care

Few Americans Make End-Of-Life Wishes Known

hosted.ap.org | Matt Sedensky | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Elderly, Aging, Americans, Dying Wish, Dying, End of Life Care, Relationships, Grief, Health, Mourning, Death and Dying, Loss, Health Care, Nursing Home, Death, Living News

Unlike most Americans, Lillian Landry made her end-of-life decisions years ago: no heroic measures to save her and even instructions on the bar where ...

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Finding a Place for Mom (or Dad)

Linda Bergthold | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Dementia, Home Care, Alzheimers, Assisted Living, End of Life Care, Nursing Homes, Hospice Care, Elder Care, Living News
Linda Bergthold

For many families, the time will eventually come when mom or dad cannot live alone safely. And woe is the family member who has to deliver that message -- it's best to be prepared.

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Dying Wishes Followed More Often For Whites

forbes.com | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: End of Life Care, Health, Death and Dying, Cancer, Patients, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Cancer Patients, End of Life, Death, Living News

Dying white cancer patients are more likely than black patients to have their end-of-life wishes respected, a new U.S. study shows. Some black patien...

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Why Healthcare Reform is Good for Older Americans

Kelly Matheson | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elderly, Elder Justice Act, Elder Abuse, Older Americans, End of Life Consultations, End of Life Care, Medicare, Elderly Americans, Health Care, End of Life, Politics News
Kelly Matheson

The Elder Justice Act in the health reform bills would finally provide the increased federal resources and leadership to prevent, detect, treat, understand, intervene in and, where appropriate, prosecute elder abuse.

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Laughing All The Way To The Grave

Darryle Pollack | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Alzheimer's, End of Life Care, Health Care, Health, Living News
Darryle Pollack

Ironically, just hours before Obama appeared on the Late Show, a study was released in time for National Alzheimer's Day. I don't remember hearing about this holiday, but the study is no joke.

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Debate Misses Point of End-of-Life Counseling

Gail Austin Cooney, M.D. | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living

Read More: End of Life Consultations, End of Life Care, Death Panels, Medicare, Health Care, End of Life, Living News
Gail Austin Cooney, M.D.

As a doctor specializing in palliative care and hospice, I'm disheartened to see how end-of-life counseling was twisted into something sinister and untrue, then ultimately dropped because it was deemed too divisive.

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Laughing All the Way to the Grave

Darryle Pollack | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Elderly, Alzheimer's, End of Life Care, Living News
Darryle Pollack

Death deserves discussion as 77 million baby boomers--known for ushering in the Age of Aquarius--approach the Age of Medicare.

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Health Care Reform and Death

Paul Gewirtz | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: End of Life Consultations, End of Life Care, Death Panels, End of Life, Death, Politics News
Paul Gewirtz

Death is essentially a taboo topic in public debates, and serious discussion about terminal illness and death has been almost completely lacking in the recent health care debates.

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The Truth About End of Life Care

Jeanette Aileen Fuller | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Death Care, End of Life Consultations, Palin Death Panels, End of Life Care, Mike Huckabee, Death Panels, Health Care Reform, Euthanasia, End of Life, Health Care, Healthcare, Death Panel, Living News
Jeanette Aileen Fuller

So much has been said by those who claim to understand what "end of life care" means, and all of it has little if any root in truth. So, I will give you my personal experience with "end of life counseling."

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Policies of Fear or Ignorance?

Ryan Mack | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: End of Life Consultations, End of Life Care, John Boehner, Sarah Palin, Health Care Reform, End-of-Life, Health Care Proposal, Health Care, Obama Health Care, End of Life, Barack Obama, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News
Ryan Mack

Living wills and health care proxies are very critical documents and every independent citizen, young and old, should have these documents within his or her estate plan.

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Death Panel Advisors (VIDEO)

Posted 09.26.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Death Panel Lies, Video, Death Panel Advisors, Funny or Die, Chuck Grassley, End of Life Care, Death Panels, Comedy News

Turns out Chuck Grassley was right--DEATH PANELS ARE REAL! It took the muckrakiest folks at Funny or Die to uncover them, but here they are, caught on...

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The Medical Myth of "More Is Better"

Deepak Chopra | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance Industry, Health Care Reform, End of Life Care, Unnecessary Medical Tests, Health Care, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

It's been rightly said that the most expensive technology in American medicine is the doctor's pen, because with a flourish of the hand he can order an unnecessary test or surgery.

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"Death Panel" Scare Tactic May Backfire on Republicans

Robert Creamer | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, President Obama, Tom Delay, Death Panels, Breaking News, Health Care Reform, End-of-Life Care, Hospice Care, Living Wills, Terry Schiavo, Health Insurance Reform, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News
Robert Creamer

"Death panels" are made up out of whole cloth by people who specialize in generating fear to protect wealthy special interests -- in this case the health insurance industry.

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"Death Panel" Talk Could Keep End-of-Life Care Out Of Senate Finance Bill

Wall Street Journal | JANET ADAMY | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Bill End of Life Care, Senate Finance Committee, Chuck Grassley, End of Life Care, Death Panels, Senate Finance Committee End of Life Care, Politics News

The cost of caring for patients who are near death accounts for a big piece of the government's medical spending. But a furor over a provision for gov...

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Stop Using People with Disabilities as the Poster Children for the Republican Attack on Healthcare

Lennard Davis | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: People-With-Disabilities, End of Life Care, Sen. Grassley, Death Panels, Sarah Palin, Disability, Healthcare Reform, Euthanasia, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News
Lennard Davis

This rhetorical concern for the disabled is fascinating coming from the right, which has routinely worked against extending accommodations for them under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Why End of Life Counseling Is Imperative

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Care Debate, End of Life Consultations, End of Life Care, End of Life, Politics News
Hale

For loved ones, end of life planning makes one of the most difficult times that much easier to deal with. Instead of helping families plan for this, we are getting fear mongering and stupidity.

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AP Fact Check: No 'Death Panel' In Health Care Bill

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care, Health Care Reform, Obama Health Care, Palin, Sarah Palin, Death Panels, Palin Obama Death Panel, Palin Death Panels, Euthanasia, Palin Health Care, Medicare, Earl Blumenauer, Aarp, End of Life Care, End of Life, American Medical Association, Ama, Health Action, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin says the health care overhaul bill would set up a "death panel." Federal ...

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Death, Dishonesty and the GOP

Terrance Heath | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gay Rights, Janice-Langbehn-Sues-Hospital, Living Will, Health Care Reform, End-of-Life-Care, Medicare, Randall Terry, Advance-Directives, Health Care, End of Life, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Terrance Heath

Democrats don't want to "kill Granny," but Republicans want to ensure that "Granny" suffers needlessly in death, and that her family deals with the confusion of not knowing what "Granny" wanted.

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Stop Distorting the Truth about End of Life Care

Rep. Earl Blumenauer | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Aarp, Bipartisan, Health Care, Earl Blumenauer, End of Life Care, Health Care Rationing, Politics News
Rep. Earl Blumenauer

GOP leadership has been gravely distorting the truth and misrepresenting the facts about the bipartisan effort for the Life Sustaining Treatment Preferences Act.

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