Table 8.
Documentation of Contact with Court-Appointed Guardians
| n | Person contacting/Method of contact | |
|---|---|---|
| Discussion of change from aggressive to palliative care | 5 | |
| 1 | Unknown/Phone | |
| 1 | Palliative care/Phone | |
| 1 | Social worker/Unknown | |
| 1 | Trauma/In person | |
| 1 | Palliative care/Unknown | |
| Discussion of placement | 19 | |
| 9 | Social worker/Phone | |
| 3 | Geriatrics consult service/Phone | |
| 1 | Social worker/Unknown | |
| 1 | Social worker/In Person | |
| 1 | Social worker/Fax | |
| 1 | Certified nursing staff/In Persona | |
| 1 | Geriatrics consult service/Unknown | |
| 1 | Psychiatry/In person | |
| 1 | Unknown/Unknownb | |
| Discussion of interventions requiring informed consent | 11 | |
| 8 | Medicine/Phone | |
| 1 | Certified nursing staff/Phone | |
| 1 | Unknown/phone | |
| 1 | Social worker/In person | |
| Discussion of removing life support | 1 | |
| 1 | Palliative care/In person |
aThis is only instance documented where patient was introduced to guardian
bSignature for release of information obtained; does not specify how.
Findings of ‘Contacted’ or ‘Spoke with’ in the chart notes were interpreted as ‘Phone’ contact.
Categories are not mutually exclusive