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1 For More Information: National Association of Chronic Disease Directors: Carol Tangum, 404-377-4061 CDC Healthy Aging Program: Health Benefits ABCs: William F. Benson, 202-255-2001 Advance Care Planning: Ensuring Your Wishes Are Known and Honored If You Are Unable to Speak for Yourself Did you Most people say they would prefer to die at home, yet only about one-third of adults have an Advance directive expressing their Wishes for end-of-life care (Pew 2006, AARP 2008). Among those 60 and older, that number rises to about half of older adults completing a directive. Only 28 percent of home health care patients, 65 percent of nursing home residents and 88 percent of hospice care patients have an Advance directive on record (Jones 2011).
thinking about dying as part of this last phase.” ... Lack of Awareness. While advance directives are supported by state laws, there is still no clear process to allow an individual’s wishes to be known and ensure that care is tied to those documents. The SUPPORT study, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, found . 3 that nearly ...
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