Archive for 'Allina Home & Community Services'
Disease-specific advance care planning: Conversations emphasize patient preferences and provide clarity
[Oncology Nurse Advisor, Sept. 1, 2010] Advance care planning (ACP) discussions are not sufficiently incorporated into the care of oncology patients. Studies have consistently found that patients with late-stage cancer have a low rate of completing advance directives (ADs). Yet even the completion of ADs or appointment of proxies may be insufficient to address end-of-life [...]
Posted: September 8th, 2010, 1:27 pm under Allina Home & Community Services, Magazines, Oncology Nurse Advisor, _.
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Allina using new tool to let patients call the shots at end of their lives
[Star Tribune, Mar. 10, 2010] Doug State entered hospice care two years ago knowing exactly how he wanted to die: at home in Cambridge, Minn., with his wife, Carol, and his dog, Teddy. He got his wish a year ago at age 83, when his failing heart finally stopped just as he was sitting down [...]
Posted: March 10th, 2010, 9:56 am under Allina Home & Community Services, Star Tribune.
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All in a Day’s Work: Kathie Shemon, RNC, Care Navigator Nurse
[Star Tribune, Dec. 16, 2009] Kathie Shemon, RNC, is a Care Navigator Nurse with Allina Home & Community Services. She talks about her job and how she helps patients find the help they need in the Allina system in an interview on the StarTribune.com Jobs: Healthcare web site. Read the whole Q & A on [...]
Posted: December 17th, 2009, 10:39 am under Allina Home & Community Services, Star Tribune, _, newspapers.
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