1 / 55

COMPASSION CHOICES OF GEORGIA and The Memorial Society of Georgia

pello
Download Presentation

COMPASSION CHOICES OF GEORGIA and The Memorial Society of Georgia

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

    2. Our Vision

    3. Who We Are

    4. Who We Are National Organization – Over 60 Chapters and Affiliates – 30,000 Members Non-Profit Comprehensive Public Resource

    5. C & C Objectives Promote the use of Advance Directives Advocate for improved palliative care Encourage state-of-the art pain management Support patient-directed aid-in-dying Encourage use of POLST (Physicians Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment)

    6. What We Do

    7. What We Do Educate the public, lawmakers, and healthcare professionals Support and promote end-of-life decisions Advocate legislation that improves end-of-life care

    8. Healthcare Information

    9. Demographics

    10. Demographics

    11. Health Care Costs Americans’ Current Health Care Expenditures Over Life Span

    12. Health Care Costs Medicare spends 27% of its funds on patients in their last year of life

    13. Health Care Costs

    14. Health Care Costs It’s estimated that it costs $100,000 annually to care for a PVS (Persistent Vegetative State) patient It’s estimated that there are between 10,000 and 25,000 PVS patients living in nursing homes across the country 25,000 PVS patients x $100,000 = $2.5 billion

    15. Medical Information

    16. Leading Causes of Death Georgia Males

    17. Disabilities of Georgians by Age

    18. Alzheimer’s Disease 4.5 million cases in America (Alzheimer’s Association, 2004) Prevalence of Alzheimer's expected to increase to 11.3-16 million cases in America by 2050 (Alzheimer’s Association, 2004) 4 million cases of Alzheimer's in the US (Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral Center (ADEAR) 19 million people had a family member with Alzheimer's in the US (ADEAR) Nearly 50% of those over 85 years in the US have Alzheimer's (ADEAR)

    19. Medical Treatment

    20. Future of Hospice Care

    21. Palliative Care Focus on cost associated with palliative care. Consider benefits (e.g., lower anxiety, increased satisfaction)Focus on cost associated with palliative care. Consider benefits (e.g., lower anxiety, increased satisfaction)

    22. Pain Status at End-of-Life in Georgia

    23. Causes of Unrelieved Pain Unnecessary Fear of Addiction Health Care Providers’ Fear of Litigation Ethical and Religious Objections Inadequate Training of Health Care Professionals Emotional Need to Experience Pain

    24. Legal Issues

    25. Recognition of Rights

    26. Refusal By Physician To Comply

    27. Family Involvement Discuss advance directives with family members Inform family of location of all relevant documents Provide copies of documents to family members, physicians, hospital or health care organizations

    28. Legislative Issues

    29. Georgia’s Status 35% of adult Georgians have completed a written document that expresses their wishes for End-of-Life Care… which means 4.3 million adult Georgians have not made their wishes known

    30. Living Will Authority

    31. Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care

    32. Georgia Advance Directives For Health Care Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care are combined: Advance Directive for Health Care Developed by a multidisciplinary committee User friendly Specific choices regarding terminal condition or state of permanent unconsciousness Automatic revocation of prior documents (Signed May 17, 2007)

    33. Proposed Legislation

    34. Legislative Proclamations

    35. Legislative Issues

    36. States With Advance Directive Registries

    37. National Legislative Initiatives for Advanced Directives

    38. Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)

    39. Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)

    40. Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)

    41. Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)

    42. Development of the POLST *need list of members and organizations (I.e., roster) for appendix*need list of members and organizations (I.e., roster) for appendix

    43. End of Life Concerns

    44. Good Things About Aging…

    45. And Some Worries…

    46. What You Can Do

    47. What You Can Do Join us! Advocate Volunteer Speakers Bureau Donate

    48. Advocate Tell your legislators how you feel Discuss your health care decisions with family and friends Prepare and sign your own Advance Directives Participate in public education

    49. Donate C&C entirely supported by membership and donations Allow C&C to expand its current and future programs and initiatives Help to secure the future of C&C

    50. Contact Us Laura Pace Speakers Bureau Coordinator Compassion and Choices of Georgia lapace7@comcast.net (cell) 404/606-2059

    51. Memorial Society of Georgia Incorporated in 1973 Non-profit organization Assists with end-of-life concerns Nominal lifetime fee

    52. Memorial Society of Georgia Member of Funeral Consumer Associates Commitments with licensed funeral directors Selection of cremation or burial Predetermined minimal cost

    53. Memorial Society of Georgia Pre-arrangement form Funeral director selection Decisions regarding details of ceremonies and rituals Disposition of remains At time of death Funeral director notified Arrangements carried out

    54. Memorial Society of Georgia Educational programs: Wills Powers of attorney Long term care Estate planning Grief support Body, organ and tissue donation

    55. Contact Us Roland J. Knobel, Ph.D. President, Memorial Society of Georgia knob23@comcast.net (404) 636-0755

More Related