To the editor: The POLST form (Practitioner’s Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) helps individuals with life-threatening illnesses control their care. It was never intended for those like Mattlin ...

Back in 1993, Oregon was the first state in the nation to introduce the POLST form. It tells your doctor what medical interventions you want at the end of life. For example, many people don't want to ...

Susan E. Hickman, Ph.D. Nursing home residents who have Physician’s Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment significantly increase the likelihood that their treatment preferences are known, a statewide ...

When Bernice Blickle’s husband collapsed on the floor six years ago, paramedics rushed to the couple’s Woodland home, ready to administer CPR and bring him back to life. That’s when Blickle handed ...

A 92-year-old woman resides in an assisted-living facility in Oregon and has extensive inoperable coronary artery disease, becoming breathless moving from her bed to the chair. Capable of decisions, ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. Although it’s a good idea for all seriously ill people to ...

Dr. Angelo Volandes films a patient at Straub Clinic and Hospital in Honolulu for videos he develops that educate families about end-of-life care options, such as CPR. That's one of the many options ...

Susan Hickman, PhD, director of the Indiana University Center for Aging Research at Regenstrief Institute, and her colleagues nationwide are stressing the importance of including orders about ...

Having a POLST form on your fridge can improve your end-of-life and emergency care. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us when you ...

Many patients with advanced cancer receive aggressive treatment near the end of life. The Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form is an innovation that converts patient preferences ...

A team, led by Regenstrief Institute researcher Alexia Torke, M.D., is exploring if guidance in filling out medical treatment options on the POLST form makes a measurable difference in a person's care ...