End of Life Care
Comfort Care for Residents
Receiving Life Prolonging Therapies
Order# ELC800
Presented by Debra Wertheimer, MD
19 minutes
title price: $150; $75 rental
Dr. Wertheimer leads a discussion with nursing assistants to identifying their role in providing palliative care throughout a resident’s stay in long term care, even while receiving life prolonging therapies. This role includes: reporting symptoms; pain management; and other comfort care measures. Bedside conversations with residents reveal how comfort care improves their lives.
Topics: respecting advance directives, symptom reporting, comfort and support
Audience: Students in allied health and medical training; long-term and hospice care staff
This program is part of "Comfort Care in Long-Term Care" series.
| Comfort Care in Long-Term Care |
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| Comfort Care for Residents Receiving Life Prolonging Therapies (ELC800) | Witholding Artificial Nutrition and Hydration (ELC802) |
| Comfort Care for Residents Receiving Hospice in Long-Term Care (ELC801) | |