Please Credit Bud Hammes, PhD et al.
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LACROSSE ADVANCE DIRECTIVE STUDY II INSTRUMENT
Eligibility criteria
18 years of ageYesNo
Live in La CrosseCountyYesNo
Die at/under the care of a health care facilityYesNo
Mentally capable 15+ yearsYesNo
Facility / Record reviewedLong-term care facility patient
□ BethanySt. JosephCareCenter
□ HillviewCareCenter
□ St Joseph Nursing Home
□ Bethany Riverside
□ OnalaskaCareCenter
□ Mulder’s Nursing Home
□ Lakeview Nursing Home / Yes NA
Medical facility
□ Gundersen Lutheran
□ Franciscan Skemp / Yes
Hospice
□ Gundersen Lutheran
□ Franciscan Skemp / Yes NA
Homecare
□ Gundersen Lutheran
□ Franciscan Skemp / Yes NA
Reviewed death certificate / Yes
Request charges / Yes
Data entered / Yes
Description of death:
POLST DATA COLLECTION FORM
1. Location of POLST form
□ None□ Nursing Home□ Hospital□ Homecare/hospice files
2. Orders on the POLST form at time of death.
TREATMENT CATEGORY
/CHECK BOX
/Written Orders
/Date of Order
Resuscitation / DNR/DNARFull Code
Medical interventions / Comfort Measures Only/Hospitalize only if comfort measures fail/Supportive Care Only
Limited/Advanced Treatments
Full Treatment/Aggressive Treatment
Antibiotics / No antibiotics
No IM/IV antibiotics
Antibiotics
Artificial Nutrition and Hydration / No artificial nutrition or hydration
Limited trial for _____ days
Artificial nutrition and hydration
3. Who was involved in the development of the POLST?
□ Patient□ Health Care Agent□ Court-appointed Guardian□ Other
ADVANCE DIRECTIVE DATA COLLECTION FORM AT LOCATION OF DEATH
1.Location of Death:
□ Hospital□ Nursing Home□ Home□ Inpatient Hospice□ Other
2. What, if any, advance directive forms are present in the chart? (Check all that apply)
Advance directive/living will (circle type used and indicate date of document)
- Power of attorney for health care (POAHC)_____/_____/______Date
- Addendum to POAHC_____/_____/______Date
- Statement of Treatment Preference form_____/_____/______Date
- Wisconsin Statutory POAHC_____/_____/______Date
- Wisconsin Declaration to Physicians or
other Living Will _____/_____/______Date
Designated Decision-maker (named by resident)_____/_____/______Date
Legal Guardian _____/_____/______Date
Other (describe) ______/_____/______Date
No form present
3. Was the Power of Attorney activated? □ Yes □ No_____/_____/______Date
(GL CWS/POA form, NH with POA form)
FROM NON-DEATH FACILITY
4. Was an advance directive located at the nursing home (if a hospital death) or at the hospital (if a nursing home or home death?)
□ Yes□ No□ DNADate of this directive _____/_____/______
Continued
5. Document all treatment preferences in the table below. (See advance directive)
Yes
No / Agent authority to order the withholding or withdrawal of feeding tube and IV hydration:
Yes
No
RESUSCITATION (preferences, not orders)
Check if from dictated note
I do want cardiac resuscitation
I do not want cardiac resuscitation
I want CPR under certain circumstances as MD recommends
No preference indicated / LOSS OF ABILITY TO RELATE TO SELF, OTHERS AND ENVIRONMENT
I do not want CPR
I do not want antibiotics
I do not want a feeding tube, artificial hydration and nutrition
No preference indicated
PAIN AND SYMPTOM CONTROL IF EFFORTS TO PROLONG LIFE ARE STOPPED
I want to be kept comfortable even if it risks my dying soonerNo preference indicated /
HOSPITALIZATION
I do want ______ I do not want ______
No preference indicated
Goal of Treatment:
From dictated note
Prolong Life
Comfort measures only
IF I AM CLOSE TO DEATH:
I want feeding tubes/artificial nutrition and hydration.
I want tube feedings only as my physician recommends
I do not want feeding tubes/artificial nutrition and hydration
No preference indicated
I want any other life support that may apply
I want life support only as my physician recommends
I want NO life support
No preference indicated / IF I AM PERMANENTLY UNCONSCIOUS/PERISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE:
I want to receive tube feeding
I want tube feeding only as my physician recommends
I do not want tube feeding
No preference indicated
I want any other life support that may apply
I want life support only as my physician recommends.
I want NO life support
No preference indicated
Continued
KIDNEY DIALYSIS
I do want kidney dialysisI do not want kidney dialysis
No preference indicated /
VENTILATOR SUPPORT
I do want ventilator supportI do not want ventilator support
No preference indicated.
ANTIBIOTICS
I do want antibiotics I do not want antibiotics
No preference indicated
/
TRANSFUSION
I do want transfusionI do not want transfusion
No preference indicated
CHART REVIEW –INTERVENTIONS AT DEATHFOR HOSPITAL DEATHS OR FOR HOSPITALIZATIONS IN THE LAST 30 DAYS OF LIFE --- DATA COLLECTION FORM
1. Use of life-sustaining treatments during the LAST HOSPITALIZATION (within 30 days of death)
Done / TREATMENT PROVIDED / Dates/Times of occurrences Yes
No / Resuscitation (CPR, mouth-to-mouth, electro-cardioversion, etc.): / 1)______
2)______
Yes
No / EMSassistance -indicate treatments provided:
1) ______
2) ______/ 1) ______
2) ______
Yes
No / Emergency Department Visit without hospitalization-indicate treatments provided:
1) ______
2) ______/ 1) ______
2) ______
Yes
No / Hospitalization: / Date of admiss______
Date of disch______
Yes
No / Critical Care stay: / Date of admiss______
Date of disch______
Yes
No / Surgery: type/description / 1) ______
2) ______
Yes
No / Transfusion: / 1) ______
2) ______
Yes
No / Intubation: / 1) ______
2) ______
Yes
No / Ventilator/Respirator:
Or
CPAP/BiPAP / Date placed: ______
Date removed: ______
Yes
No / Dialysis: (If pt on dialysis prior to 30 days of death, record approx start month/year or # years on dialysis. If pt stops dialysis within 30 days of death, record date ended dialysis.) / Date started: ______
OR ____ yrs
Date ended: ______
Continued
No / Antibiotics: / Date/time started: ______
Date/time ended: ______
Yes
No / Non-oral nutritional support (eg. Feeding Tubes or tpn): / Date placed: ______
Date removed: ______
2. Code status order at:
Date / TimeAdmission:
At death:
HOSPITAL
□ Full Code
□ PDNR (DNR with comfort measures only)
□ ODNR/DNI – (DNR + limited TX on POLST)
□ ODNR – (DNR + full treatment on POLST)
3.Who made decisions about the patient’s treatment during this hospitalization?
□ Patient□ Health Care Agent□ family (other than health care agent)
□ Court-appointed Guardian□ Other: ______
□ Don’t know who made decisions
4.DATE OF DEATH: ______TIME OF DEATH: ______
CHART REVIEW –INTERVENTIONS AT DEATH FOR NON-HOSPITAL DEATHS --- DATA COLLECTION FORM
- Use of life-sustaining treatments during the last 30 days of life:
Done / TREATMENT PROVIDED / Dates/Times of occurrences
Yes
No / Resuscitation (CPR, mouth-to-mouth, electro-cardioversion, etc.): / 1)______
2)______
Yes
No / Dialysis: (If pt on dialysis prior to 30 days of death, record approx start month/year or # years on dialysis. If pt stops dialysis within 30 days of death, record date ended dialysis.) / Date started: ______
OR ______yrs
Date ended: ______
Yes
No / Antibiotics: / Date/time started: ______
Date/time ended: ______
Yes
No / Non-oral nutritional support (eg. Feeding Tubes or tpn): / Date placed: ______
Date removed: ______
Yes
No / Patient transported to the hospital in the last 30 days of life:
Admitted to hospital Admitted to inpatient
hospital
(make sure this/these hospitalization(s) are reviewed) / Date transported/returned ______
Date transported/returned ______
- Code status at death/Changes in Code status in the last 30 days:
Date / Time
□ Full Code
□ DNR
□ Full Code
□ DNR
At death:
□ Full Code
□ DNR
Continued
3.Who made decisions about the patient’s treatment during the last 30 days?
□ Patient□ Health Care Agent□ family (other than health care agent)
□ Court-appointed Guardian□ Other: ______
□ Don’t know who made decisions
4.DATE OF DEATH: ______TIME OF DEATH: ______
DEATH CERTIFICATE DATA COLLECTION FORM
1. Zip Code of residence: ______
2. Date of Death:______Date of Birth:______
3. Gender:□ Male□ Female4: Race: □ white□ Black (African American)
□ Hispanic □ Asian (Hmong)
□ Other: ______
4. Marital status:□ married□ widow□ single□ divorced
5. Location of Death:
□ Hospital
□ Gundersen Lutheran
□ Franciscan Skemp
□ Nursing facility
□BethanySt. JosephCareCenter
□ HillviewCareCenter
□ St Joseph Nursing Home
□ Bethany Riverside
□ OnalaskaCareCenter
□ Mulder’s Nursing Home
□ Lakeview Nursing Home
□ Home
□ Other ______
6. Highest grade completed:______
(record total # years)
7. Immediate cause of death:______
______
______
8. Other significant conditions:______
______
______
______
MEDICAL EXPENSES LAST 1 & 6 MONTHS OF LIFE
DATA COLLECTION FORM
ONE MONTH PRIOR TO DEATH DATE: ______TO ______
SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO DEATH DATE: ______TO ______
Medicare Part AHospital services / Medicare Part B
Clinic services / TOTAL
Last 1 month
Last 6 months
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