Nearly half of California nursing home residents complete end-of-life care orders
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 - 15:42
in Health & Medicine
New research finds broad acceptance of written end-of-life care orders among California nursing home residents, with nearly half completing a Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment, or POLST, form in 2011. The study also found no difference in completion of the form by race or ethnicity, suggesting wide acceptance of these orders among California's highly diverse population. The researchers also identified a few areas where the use of the forms in nursing homes could be improved.