Bob Beitcher, who serves as the head of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, reflects on the film about end-of-life treatment.
February 20, 2019
Oscar-Nominated Documentary ‘End Game’ Shows Importance of Talking “Openly About Death”
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/motion-picture-tv-fund-ceo-oscar-nominated-doc-short-end-game-1187075Bob Beitcher, who serves as the head of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, reflects on the film about end-of-life treatment.
February 20, 2019
Barriers to Staff Involvement in End-of-Life Decision-Making for Long-Term Care Residents with Dementia
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-on-aging-la-revue-canadienne-du-vieillissement/article/barriers-to-staff-involvement-in-endoflife-decisionmaking-for-longterm-care-residents-with-dementia/C81461D7E7534E1F1B9CBBF10DFFF7FAThe purpose of this study was to examine barriers and facilitators to LTC home staff involvement in end-of-life decision-making for people with advanced dementia.
February 20, 2019
Breaking silence: a survey of barriers to goals of care discussions from the perspective of oncology practitioners
https://bmccancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12885-019-5333-xCancer is the leading cause of death in the developed world, and yet healthcare practitioners infrequently discuss goals of care (GoC) with hospitalized cancer patients.
February 12, 2019
Families’ experiences with end-of-life care in nursing homes and associations with dying peacefully with dementia
https://www.jamda.com/article/S1525-8610(18)30708-4/fulltextTo examine family caregivers’ experiences with end-of-life care for nursing home residents with dementia and associations with the residents dying peacefully.