[Magdalen] end of life documents (was Re: Rant)

[Lynn Ronkainen]

I have looked into the options available for my mother, should they be 
necessary and the one area that concerns me is that here in TX, is that if 
the patient verbally 'voids' the documentation while being questioned by 
health care people,  it can be ignored or voided.  This is a troubling 
thought to me, as I have come to view hospitals (in the scope of my 
experience) dealing with the elderly rather pro-active to prolong life at 
any cost (procedures, machines, etc) and to intimidate/guilt family members. 
This combination of seeking patient ascent in the face of documentation for 
'another way' and aggressive hospital action I have experienced before it 
was actually a 'life or death' situation, is something I just have to 'let 
go' of as mom and I move forward, and hope that circumstances like that do 
not present themselves.

peace
Lynn

My email has changed to: houstonKLR at gmail.com

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck

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From: "James Handsfield" <jhandsfield at att.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 11:30 AM
To: "David Strang" <Cantor03 at aol.com>; "Magdalen" 
<magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Rant

> Yes, we do.  We both have wills (being updated this coming week), powers 
> of attorney, advance directives, and the most recent one for Marcy is a 
> Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) document.  About 30 
> states have this last one now, and it makes advance directives a physician’s 
> order.  It’s taped to the refrigerator door.  See http://www.polst.org 
> <http://www.polst.org/>.
>
> Peace and Blessings
>
> Jim Handsfield, CSSP
> jhandsfield at att.net
> Cain asked God "Am I my brother's keeper?"  The rest of Scripture is a 
> resounding "YES!"
>
>> On Feb 25, 2015, at 11:34 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen 
>> <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>
>> I presume you have an end-of-life arrangement made.
>