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Advance Care Plans Are Crucial for Mentally Ill
Ironically enough, it’s the ones that need them most that by and large don’t have advance care directives in place. These significant plans usually encompass living wills; do-not-resuscitate orders; do-not-hospitalize orders; and restrictions on feeding tubes, medications or other treatments…
Tags: advance care directives, advance care plans, bipolar disorder, do-not-hospitalize orders, do-not-resuscitate orders, feeding tubes, living wills, medications, mentally ill, nursing homes, proxy, Psychiatric Services Journal, schizophrenia, treatments
Senior Self Neglect Increases Risk of One-Year Mortality
It starts with neglecting one’s hygiene, nutrition and medications, and can lead to death within the year. According to data compiled by the Chicago Health and Aging Project (CHAP), an older person’s risk of dying within the year increases six-fold…
Tags: CHAP, cognitive, elder abuse, hygiene, medications, mortality, nutrition, physical, self neglect, seniors
