Ann Neumann's slides from the Center for Health Journalism webinar "Webinar: Can Our Health Care System Provide a ‘Good Death’?" 9.29.16 http://www.centerforhealthjournalism.org/content/can-our-health-care-system-provide-good-death

1. September 29, 2016
End of Life Care
USC Annenberg
Health Matters
Webinar
Center for Health
Journalism

2. This guy.
Why does end of life care matter?
Because 2.5 million people die each year
Because those over 65 will make up a whopping 22% of the population by 2040
Because more than 30 million Americans still don’t have health care (many of them poor or minorities)
Because elders make up 14% of the population but account for 34% of overall health care spending

3. This is
Bill Coleman.
Where can a person be fed against their will?
Prejudice and legal practice can effect patients’ rights, autonomy
Jurisprudence of Terri Schiavo, Karen Ann Quinlan and Nancy Cruzan cases
Lessons of contrasting prison rights with persistent vegetative state (PVS) rights
Voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED)

4. This is Maria.
Home health aides are the fastest
growing job sector
Their pay is inconsistent and
minimal; they lack standard job
benefits and protections
Yet the costs of home care are too
exorbitant for many patients

5. This is
Bill Peace.
Not Dead Yet is a disability rights, anti-aid in dying activist group
More than 25 years after the Americans with Disabilities Act, many disabled
still face great challenges to health, employment, and social acceptance.
But, does the legalization of aid in dying threaten their lives?

6. This is Monroe.
Widowers have a 30% higher mortality rate than
widows or married men.
Later years, due to medical advancements, can
be a series of health crises
Loneliness can be deadly for elders with mobility
challenges
Falls are one of the leading causes of disability
and mortality among elders

7. This is a book.
Ann Neumann
an28@nyu.edu
Thank you.