End-of-Life Care and You

Enshof Lifes and Long Term Cores and You the realities 70% of Americans will require long-term care at some time in their lives but 90% of Americans do not have long-term care insurance 70% of Americans want to die at home only 24% do 90% of doctors DO NOT want CPR performed in case of heart failure theo question B whip ? A:CPRIS not what you think it is. it works CPR works 75% 8% of the time on T.V. of the time in the real world ·3% have a good outcome end up in a 3% vegetative state -2% wind up somewhere in between * In elderly patients, it can even cause blunt-force trauma. theo Cösts Hospital -Spending Varsies a Lot The following are costs for the last 2 years of life for a pa- tient with a chronic illness at both the cheapest teaching hospital in the United States, and the most expensive. $105,000 $100,108 AAA $53,542 Mayo NYU Median American Clinic Med Center Household Income over 2 years USA in fact *The Dartmouth Atlas project has found that standards and intensity of care vary widely between geographic regions. 40% of households find that the costs of end-of-life care exceed their assets 25% 5% of Medicare funds are spent on the of patients in their final year of life $125 billion planning ahead 65% 30% opposed to of doctors of all Americans have written and stored some form of Advance Directive* * advance directive • (N) •a written statement of a person's wishes regarding medical treatment, often including a living will or DNR form, to ensure those wishes are carried out should the person be unable to communicate with a doctor. 35% of living wills can't be found when they're needed T AfterSteps plan for the expected sources Murray, Ken. "Doctors Really Do Die Differently." Zocalo Public Square. Neuberg, Gerald W. "The Cost of End of Life Care: A New Efficiency Measure Falls Short of AHA/ACC Standards." Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. "The Bitter End.“ January 15, 2013. RadioLab Podcast. Wade, Lisa. "How Do Physicians and Non-Physicians Want to Die?" The Society Pages. Wang, Penelope. "Cutting the High Cost of End-of-Life Care." CNN Money. * you should actually read these articles. .--- -