Comfort Measures at the End of Life  
Order# ELC803
Rita Mastroianni, RN, MS

Terminally ill patients who elect not to pursue curative treatment deserve the best possible care.

Health care providers must know how to provide pain control and symptom management for physical comfort, and be able to discuss the physiological ramifications and basic ethical principles of withholding artificial nutrition and hydration.

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title price: $150; $75 rental

Program titles

End of Life Decisions and Concerns:
The Resident’s Perspective
 Order# RP109
» Description
Comfort Care in Long-Term Care
(3 DVD series)
 Comfort Care for Residents Receiving
      Life Prolonging Therapies
 Order# ELC800
 Comfort Care for Residents Receiving
      Hospice in LTC
 Order# ELC801
 Witholding Artificial Nutrition and Hydration
 Order# ELC802
» Descriptions and video clip
A Conspiracy of Silence:
Helping the Patient and Family
to Live with Terminal Illness
 Order# ELC804
» Description and video clip
Harriett's People
 Order# ELC805
» Description
Advance Directives and the Elderly: Making Decisions About Treatment Limitations
 Order# ELC 806
» Description
Advance Directives:
CPR in Nursing Homes
 Order# ELC807
» Description
Understanding Life Plans
 Order# ELC 808
» Description
Rose and Zelda
 Order# ELC 809
» Description
Conversations at Bayview Circle
 Order# ELC810
» Description
How to Say Good-Bye
(3 tape series)
 Being an Adult Child
 Order# ELC 811
 Being a Professional Caregiver
 Order# ELC812
 Saying Goodbye
 Order# ELC 813
» Descriptions and video clips
Caring for Patients with
Late Stage Dementia
 Order# AD210
» Description and video clip
Marge and Walter –
The Family Caregiver
 Order# CE627
» Description
Comfort Measures at the End of Life
 Order# ELC803