…tion 2), and/or support NDY’s and ADAPT’s comments, please email jchcpubliccomments@jchc.virginia.gov. [i] REPORT OF THE COUNCIL ON ETHICAL AND JUDICIAL AFFAIRS 5-A-18, Page 2, https://www.ama-assn.org/sites/default/files/media-browser/public/hod/a18-ceja5.pdf…
…s…. Approximately half of the respondents construed DNR as comfort care/end-of-life care. … This supports our mounting concern because some of these studies clearly indicate that not all treatment was consistent with intent of the POLST form. Further, these studies do not ensure informed consent on the part of the patient because this has yet to be determined by any published study. The TRIAD studies and other research cited in these studies shoul…
…are planning and policy making efforts. (See https://institutehcd.com/triad-advance-directives/.) Here are two disability rights highlights from NDY’s public comment: One area of concern in advance care planning is how provider, patient and family education has demonstrated significant bias against living with disabilities. Most people, including health care providers, have little training or knowledge in the practical aspects of managing life wit…
…ol childcare so that both parents would feel comfortable about working full-time. The proposed rule could also be used to bar a newly graduated engineer with spina bifida or another physical limitation from entering or staying in the country because at some point in the future she may apply for a Medicaid waiver to get in-home support so she can work until retirement age.” “For instance, the presence of a medical condition considered ‘likely’ to r…
…icide prevention, as well as on people with disabilities who request assisted suicide and euthanasia; Federal regulation requiring non-discrimination in suicide prevention services; and Greater federal investment in long-term services and supports. The NCD report is online at The Danger of Assisted Suicide Laws. The release dates for the other reports in the series are here, with links to the full reports as they become available….
