Medicare will now fund end-of-life health care planning consultations. Pre-planning, family discussions of these (end-of-life) issues, won’t ease the pain of dealing with medical crisis; what is does do is lay the groundwork for making informed decisions based on what the patient really wants, what the patient’s priorities and beliefs require. It is a road map through both crisis and longterm care.Full Article and Source:
Medicare to Fund End-of-Life Planning Consultations With Physicians
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This is scary because old folks want to please. A doctor can easily convince an elderly person that it's time to give up.
The idea is for people to plan before they are 70 or 80........
Planning should be done long before that time, to avoid undue influence.
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