Survey
* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
203 Days by Bailey Barash Sarah is 89 and dying. Her daughter Kaye takes over the caregiving role and she brings her mother Sarah to live with her. Sarah’s fight to remain a viable, loving, useful woman for as long as she can in the face of her illness is quite palpable. When hospice is presented to both women as a choice for living, it is clearly evident what a valuable service it is. As Sarah’s health declines and Kay’s stress increases, the tough decisions that anyone in this position needs to make are brought to the forefront. The film concludes with Sarah’s death portrayed as a natural part of life filled with its intrinsic joys, sorrows, and love. http://fitsweb.uchc.edu/days/days.html After watching the video, participants were broken into small groups with each group assigned one of the following activities. 1. Describe the patient’s experience of decline and death. Describe the patient’s change in mentation from the beginning to the end of the video. Describe the patient’s change in appearance from the beginning to the end of the video. How was the patient’s pace of decline different from what you have experienced? What did you think about the daughter’s assessment of patient’s quality of life related to continuing to take pills and eat? 2. Describe the differences between the process of dying inside and outside the hospital: The social interactions The role of the physician Use of medications Impact on the family 3. Relate their experiences to your personal and family values about death and dying What hits home for you personally? What day had the most impact for you? 4. Formulate concepts, based on your observations of this video, for your care of dying patients in the future. What obstacles did you see interfere with reaching the patient’s goals? How will you try to avoid them? What actions will you try to emulate? What type of personal interactions will you seek?