End-of-Life Decisions

Running head: END-OF-LIFE DECISIONS 1
End-of-Life Decisions
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END-OF-LIFE DECISIONS 2
End-of-life care is one of the vital aspect in our daily life. Most people do not have in
mind the importance of discussing the end life decisions and plans. A group of people have
agreed that it is essential for families to be educated on palliative and end of life options.
Understanding the importance and value of end of life planning will help all patient even though
some require putting some advance directives. Although the end care is often associated with
medical facilities and services, social workers have been on the forefront in providing the end
life care service through hospice care and nursing homes, emergency waiting rooms and
hospitals. The available literature offers a complete view of how social workers support clients
as they plan their end of life care.
Social workers offer a lot of services to help patients plan for their end-of-life care.
Attention has been directed to patients who require palliative and hospice care because they
undergo some extreme challenges including depression, anxiety, discomfort, social isolation,
family conflicts and anger. The palliative and hospice social workers have provided guides to
patients to sail across the difficulty and challenges. They have identified new opportunities and
provided insight on how to improve the psychosocial and physical value of life of people living
with serious illness (Bosma et al., 2010) They offer counselling and psychotherapy to the
families and the patient and offer support with honesty and respect and without judgment or
consideration. Some of them use their social expertise to solve difficult practical problems and
provide financial advice and help whenever needed.
Social workers act as a bridge between patients and families. Most of them have a
clinical understanding of the disease and the method of treatment their patients need. They
provide education and information about the health care system as they work alongside a team of
health professionals. The workers Coordinate information between the patients who are in the