Are you worried about your parents or elderly friends and loved ones during this coronavirus pandemic? Two doctors share their guidance with JaimieSeaton on how to keep elderly loved ones healthy. covid19 coronaviruspandemic
"Whether its an accident, trauma, chronic condition or acute event like coronavirus, being prepared is really key in terms of making sure your wishes and desires are known about how you want your medical care delivered, should you become critically ill," said Yeaman, who also serves as the director of clinical informatics and workflows for the company ADVault.
Once you have located or helped create your parents' advance directive or DNR/DNI orders, it's critically important to share them with other family members, close friends or your healthcare proxy. If a loved one is rushed to the hospital in an ambulance, paperwork filed in a kitchen drawer may easily be forgotten or overlooked. If your parent is in a nursing home, double-check that the nursing home is aware of their end-of-life wishes.
My friend Julia has gone from calling the nursing home once a week to contacting the staff daily and asking them to monitor her mother more closely. "I have to trust that the staff have things under control but I really wish I could be there myself," Julia said."It's hard being so far away from her."
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