January 1, 2011 In a report by the National Center for Health Statistics, nursing home residents with mental illnesses often lacked advance end-of-live care plans. Advance care plans, called advance directives, include living wills and do-not-resuscitate orders, do not hospitalize orders, or specific orders about treatments. These directives guide health care providers about the individualÂ’s health care preferences if the individual is no longer able to communicate or make decisions. About 57% of nursing home residents with serious mental illness had any of the four types of advance directives compared to 68% of residents without . . .

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Use of Advance Directives in Long-term Care Populations

January 1, 2011 In a report by the National Center for Health Statistics, nursing home residents with mental illnesses often lacked advance end-of-live care plans. Advance care plans, called advance directives, include living wills and do-not-resuscitate orders, do not hospitalize orders, or specific orders about treatments. These directives guide health care providers about the individualÂ’s health care preferences if the individual is no longer able to communicate or make decisions. About 57% of nursing home residents with serious mental illness had any of the four types of advance directives compared to 68% of residents without . . .

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