End-of-Life Planning Flashcards
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Which document specifically designates a person to make healthcare decisions when someone is incapacitated?
Answer: Durable power of attorney for healthcare
A durable power of attorney for healthcare (healthcare proxy) designates a specific agent to make medical decisions when the principal cannot.
What is the primary difference between a POLST form and an advance directive?
Answer: POLST is a physician's medical order for immediate use; advance directives are planning documents
POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) is an actionable medical order honored by EMS and care facilities, while advance directives are planning documents that guide future decisions.
A senior wants to avoid probate for her home. Which strategy is most effective?
Answer: Placing the home in a revocable living trust
A revocable living trust transfers assets outside of probate upon death while allowing the grantor to retain control during life.
Which type of grief describes mourning that begins before an expected death, such as during a terminal diagnosis?
Answer: Anticipatory grief
Anticipatory grief occurs when a person begins to grieve in advance of an expected loss, such as a terminal illness diagnosis.
Under federal law, hospice Medicare benefit requires a life expectancy of no more than:
Answer: 6 months
Medicare's hospice benefit requires two physicians to certify that the patient has a terminal illness with a life expectancy of six months or less if the disease runs its normal course.
A client's spouse died with no will. The couple owned a bank account as joint tenants with right of survivorship. What happens to the account?
Answer: It automatically transfers to the surviving spouse
Assets held as joint tenants with right of survivorship pass automatically to the surviving owner outside of probate, regardless of whether a will exists.
Which ethical principle most directly supports a patient's right to refuse life-sustaining treatment?
Answer: Autonomy
Autonomy is the bioethical principle that upholds an individual's right to make informed decisions about their own care, including refusing treatment.