Advance Directive and POLST Documentation in Decedents With Dementia at a Memory Care Center
The Importance of Early Advance Care Planning
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- Received February 3, 2021
- Accepted July 6, 2021
- First Published July 16, 2021.
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Author Disclosures
- Georges Naasan, MD (georges.naasan{at}mssm.edu),
- Nicole D. Boyd, BA,
- Krista L. Harrison, PhD (krista.harrison{at}ucsf.edu),
- Sarah B. Garrett, PhD (sarah.garrett{at}ucsf.edu),
- Talita D'Aguiar Rosa, MD, MS (talita.rosa{at}gbhi.org),
- Brenda Pérez-Cerpa, MD (brenda.perez{at}gbhi.org),
- Shamiel McFarlane, MBBS, MSc (shamiel.mcfarlane{at}gbhi.org),
- Bruce L. Miller, MD (bruce.miller{at}ucsf.edu) and
- Christine S. Ritchie, MD, MSPH (csritchie{at}mgh.harvard.edu)
- on behalf of the GBHI Dementia Geriatric Palliative Care Writing Group
- Georges Naasan, MD (georges.naasan{at}mssm.edu),
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- Nicole D. Boyd, BA,
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- Krista L. Harrison, PhD (krista.harrison{at}ucsf.edu),
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National Institute of Aging, K01AG059831, PI, 2019-2024 National Institute of Aging, 3P30AG044281-08S1, project lead, 2020-2021 National Institute of Aging, P01AG066605, Project Lead, 2020-2025
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Alzheimer's Association Global Brain Health Institute National Palliative Care Research Center
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- Sarah B. Garrett, PhD (sarah.garrett{at}ucsf.edu),
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1) AHRQ T32HS022241; Health policy fellow; 5/2020- 5/2022 2) NIA K07AG066814 (Dohan; PI); co-investigator; 09/01/20-08/31/25 3) NIA K01AG059831 (PI: Harrison); consultant; 07/15/2019 Â 02/29/2024
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- Talita D'Aguiar Rosa, MD, MS (talita.rosa{at}gbhi.org),
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- Brenda Pérez-Cerpa, MD (brenda.perez{at}gbhi.org),
- Shamiel McFarlane, MBBS, MSc (shamiel.mcfarlane{at}gbhi.org),
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- Bruce L. Miller, MD (bruce.miller{at}ucsf.edu) and
The Tau Consortium - Scientific Advisor The John Douglas French Foundation - Medical Advisor The Larry L. Hillblom Foundation - Medical Advisory Board The Consortium for Frontotemporal Dementia Research - Internal Advisor Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) Co- Director University of Washington ADRC - External Advisor Stanford University ADRC - External Advisor Arizona AlzheimerÂs Disease Center (ADC) - External Advisor Massachusetts Alzheimer Disease Research Center  External Advisor International Society of FTD - USA-President, Executive Committee
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Cambridge University Press Guilford Publications, Inc. Oxford University Press Neurocase Elsevier, Inc. Up-to-date Frontiers ALS/FTD Journal (Taylor & Francis) - Editorial Board
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(1) Behavioral Neurology of Dementia, Cambridge University Press, 2009 (2) Handbook of Neurology, Elsevier Inc., 2009 (3) The Human Frontal Lobes, Guilford Publications, 2008 (4) Frontotemporal Dementia, Oxford University Press, 2014
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Quest Diagnostics Dementia Pathway Collaboration Research Grant
(1) NIA, P30 AG062422 PI, (2004-) (2) NIA, P01 AG19724 PI, (2002-)
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(1) Dementia Care Pathway (Suite of tools to improve dementia diagnosis in primary care settings), Quest Diagnostics
(1) Dementia Care Pathway (Suite of tools to improve dementia diagnosis in primary care settings), Quest Diagnostics (As of 11/26/2019: No royalty payments have been received yet, but do have contractual rights to receipt of future payments)
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- Christine S. Ritchie, MD, MSPH (csritchie{at}mgh.harvard.edu)
1) Data Safety Monitoring Board for NIA (nonprofit)
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Editorial Board, Journal of Palliative Medicine Editorial Board, Journals of Gerontology Editor, UptoDate
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Hazzard's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine UptoDate
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American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
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Royalties from the University of California San Francisco
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1) Humana Inc (research support)
National Institute on Aging National Institute of Nursing Research
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The John A Hartford Foundation Centene Foundation Boye Foundation Alzheimer's Association
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1) Invention/technology (from the University of California San Francisco)
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- Global Brain Health Institute (GN, KLH, TDAR, BP-C, SM, BLM, CSR), University of California, San Francisco; Department of Neurology (GN, BLM), Mount Sinai Hospitals, Ichan School of Medicine, New York, NY; Division of Geriatrics (NDB, KLH, SBG), Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies (SBG), University of California, San Francisco, CA; Department of Neurology (TDAR), University of Louisville, Kentucky; Hospital Civil de Guadalajara (Hospital Civil Fray Antonio Alcade) (BP-C), Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; and The Mongan Institute and the Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine (CSR), Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
- Correspondence
Ms. Boyd nicole.boyd{at}ucsf.edu
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