Watch the movie: Being Mortal.

This movie shows the student’s understanding of hospice and the ethical challenges patients, family and physicians face when discussing options for end of life care.

To ensure the student has a good understanding of the materials, “Being Mortal” will combine all the information from LTC3020 into a real-life situation for the student to synthesize concepts and principles over the past 5 weeks.

Instructions:

After watching the movie, you are required to write a paper that includes the following:

The importance of mortality conversations with patient and family

The ethics behind continuing treatment when it appears to be futile to the prognosis of the patient

The difference between choosing hospice versus palliation

The eligibility for hospice according to the Medicare guidelines

Should hospice be the pathway accepted, what needs to happen so that a hospital or SNF can provide hospice?