End-of-life care

There are differences between the palliative care programs and hospice care programs when it comes to timing, care location, eligibility for services and payments. Most of the hospice may have visiting hospice nurses and family caregiver will be available. At palliative care, doctors, nurses and other medical caregiver professionals may be available. When a person is expected to die within six months they are eligible for most of the hospice programs and the normal consideration is while…

conditions (King, Matheson, Chirina, Shankar, & Broman-Fulks, 2013). Obesity, hypertension, and general disability are occurring in the Boomer generation in much greater percentages than previous generation. While this could be explained by longer life expectancies and better diagnostic abilities, there are…

individuals who are affected by a significant life event. It will explore how others deal and respond to significant life events. The suitability of external sources who providing support will be evaluated. The own personal contribution during supporting an individual who experiences a significant life event will be analysed in the form of a reflection. Recommendation through improvement of support which is available to those who are experiencing a significant life event, will be made. The…

Integrating Speech-Language Pathology Services in Palliative End-of-Life Care Introduction The purpose of this article is to educate the public about the role of a speech language pathologist in end of life care for a patient. This article compares and contrasts the traditional duties of an SLP with the unique SLP role in palliative care. Discussed in depth in this article is the concept of a consult. There are numerous different reasons a speech language pathologist could be called in for a…

performed in a situation where the patient has a terminal disease? Physician - assisted suicide is an issue argued by opposing sides due to deep religious views held by some and the desire by medical professionals to allow their patients to determine end of life care. Assisted suicide is suicide committed with the aid of another person, sometimes a physician. In cases of physician assisted suicide, the physician administers the means of death, usually a lethal drug. In physician-assisted suicide…

Veterinary Hospice Care Caring for an ill pet can be as intensive as caring for a human family member. Some illness is more easily managed than others, and some pets may be more easily cared for than others. However, the physical, emotional and financial stress can be overwhelming. You may consider veterinary hospice as an option that is right for you. Veterinary hospice care is for pets that have a terminal illness from which they will not recover. Hospice is a philosophy, not a place. It…

decisions. In health care there are two types of advanced directives: living wills and durable powers of attorney (Lachman, 2009, p. 89). “A living will expresses, in advance, a person’s instructions or preferences about future medical treatments, particularly end-of-life care, in the event the person loses ability to make health care decisions.” ( Sabatino, 2015, p.1). “A durable power of attorney for health care appoints a person (called a health care agent or proxy, health care…

There are many loose ends a family must do for a loved one when they pass, I personally want to do my best to help relieve as much of that stress as I possibly can. I know you can never help with the emotional stress that family has to go through but you can help with the financial and the physical burden your loved one have to endure by creating a will. “A will is a declaration of how a person wants his or her property to be distributed upon death (Cheeseman.2013).” It helps give your family…

implement especially in end-of-life care. I am reflecting on the Charlie Gard case where a healthy baby boy was born and it was soon discovered he had a rare genetic mutation that affected his brain, his musculature and most other major organs. The health care team reviewed the potential outcomes for this baby and decided that the best option was to allow him to “die with dignity”, remove life support and not pursue any untested experimental treatment. This could have been the end…

Standards of care are the legal requirements for nursing practice that describe minimum acceptable nursing care (Potter, Perry, Stockert and Hall, 2013). Nurses took an oath to take care of the ill in any way they can to fulfill their responsibilities. I have high respect for caregivers because of their passion of doing their duties and not just a job. This tragic case was very unfortunate for that patient to experience such things, that I would have done the same thing that the author of this…