“Calculator predicts elders’ life expectancy, needs for palliative care”

“Calculator predicts elders’ life expectancy, needs for palliative care,” by Alicia Lasek, McKnight’s LTC News

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“A new online tool can help frail older adults and their clinicians calculate six-month life expectancy in order to better plan palliative care, according to real-world studies from Canada. Medical researchers from the University of Ottawa developed the Risk Evaluation for Support: Predictions for Elder-life in the Community Tool, or RESPECT, to understand the changing care needs of older adults as they age. In pilot studies in Ontario, users were guided through the tool’s two-to-three minute questionnaire about health and the ability for self care.”

 

LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform:

What would Aretha Franklin say? RESPECT.