Life-Sustaining Treatment
Any medical treatment, procedure, or medication that can potentially extend a person’s life.
Grief Support
Services and support provided to individuals who are experiencing grief due to death or other loss.
Goals of Care Conversation
Discussions between patients, their families, and healthcare providers to establish and align treatment plans with the patient’s values and preferences.
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
A legal document that designates someone to make medical decisions on an individual’s behalf if they are unable.
Do Not Resuscitate (DNR)
A medical order written by a doctor instructing healthcare providers not to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if a patient’s breathing stops or if the patient’s heart stops beating.
Continuous Care
A type of care provided in the home for patients in a crisis situation during a period of pain or other medical symptoms that require continuous nursing availability.
Bereavement Care
Support and services provided to individuals after the death of a loved one.
Advance Directive
A legal document that indicates a patient’s wishes regarding their medical treatment in circumstances in which they are no longer able to express informed consent.
Advance Care Planning
The process of planning for future medical care in case an individual becomes unable to make their own medical decisions.
Palliative Sedation
The use of sedative medications to relieve extreme suffering by making the patient unaware and unconscious while dying.
