Senate Special Committee on Aging: The Role of Health Care Providers in Advance Care Planning
The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging will host a roundtable on Wednesday, 10 A.M. in the Dirken Senate Office Building to take a closer look at the needs of those with advanced illness and their caregivers. The roundtable, which includes gerontologists, clinicians, administrators and policy experts, will examine key barriers preventing many from getting the care they need and ways to provide patients with more comprehensive, person-centered end-of-life care.
The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging will host a roundtable on Wednesday to take a closer look at the needs of those with advanced illness and their caregivers.
Advanced illness occurs when one or more conditions become serious enough that general health and functioning begin to decline and care oriented toward comfort may take precedence over attempts to cure – a process that extends to the end of life. Many patients today often receive end-of-life care that is fragmented, uncoordinated, or inadequate to meet their growing needs.
The roundtable, which includes gerontologists, clinicians, administrators and policy experts, will examine key barriers preventing many from getting the care they need and ways to provide patients with more comprehensive, person-centered end-of-life care.
The panel discussion will convene at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Room 106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building and will be moderated by our Hartford grantee Jennie Chin Hansen, RN, and Randall Krakauer from the CaRe-Align Project. The event follows a hearing the committee held last year on advance care planning.
