Geri-End of Care/ Palliative

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Across
  1. 3. The medical forecast of the likely course and outcome of a serious illness.
  2. 6. A specific medical intervention (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) addressed in Section A of the POLST form.
  3. 10. Physician orders for life-sustaining treatment that provide medical orders for current treatment.
  4. 13. The term for the person named in Part 1 of a directive to make decisions when the patient cannot.
  5. 16. Receiving a new one for a life-threatening condition is a "Five D" reason to update your legal wishes.
  6. 18. A critical linguistic and emotional tool for engaging patients in serious illness discussions.
  7. 20. The core principle of honoring a patient's self-governance and preferences in care.
  8. 21. One of the "Five D's" marking an appropriate time to revisit and update an Advance Directive.
  9. 22. An order specifying "do not resuscitate," which only a POLST can legally provide outside a facility in Utah.
Down
  1. 1. Abbreviation for the "Serious Illness Conversation Guide" used to help patients define their goals.
  2. 2. A unique kind of care for patients with an expected prognosis of six months or less.
  3. 4. A person who makes medical decisions for a patient when they lack health care decision-making capacity.
  4. 5. Part II of a healthcare directive where a patient records their specific wishes in writing.
  5. 7. The type of treatment intent that patients are generally no longer receiving when they enter hospice.
  6. 8. The ability to understand consequences, evaluate risks, and communicate a healthcare decision.
  7. 9. A "Five D" milestone; turning a new one (e.g., 50th or 60th birthday) means it is time to review a directive.
  8. 11. One of the recommended guides or acronyms used for conducting serious illness conversations.
  9. 12. Abbreviation for the medical power of attorney or healthcare agent named by a patient.
  10. 14. A "palliative" option emerging in home hospice care for refractory symptom management.
  11. 15. These "directives" are legal documents providing guidance for medical decisions if one becomes incompetent.
  12. 17. The specific state whose surrogate hierarchy includes spouse, children, and parents in that order.
  13. 19. A broad model of care described as "the ocean" that focuses on symptom management and quality of life.