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Your Choices If You Get COVID-19

What would you want done if you tested positive for COVID-19? Avenidas Care Partners Manager Paula Wolfson shared this document on a Town Hall and has received a lot of requests for it since.

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What the Document Covers

This document is a straightforward one-page Advance Directive that lets doctors and family members know what you want in the event you become ill, specifically

  • Whether and at what point you want to be moved to a medical facility.
  • How much sedation and pain relief you want and how alert you want to be.
  • Whether you want to be put on a ventilator or other life support if you become sick enough to need it.

As with any other form of advance directive, it’s a good idea to discuss it with your loved ones so they’re aware of what you want.

How to Use This Document

You can complete the document either on your computer or by printing it. Take a picture of the signed document with your phone and send it to your doctor and your family members. Post it on your fridge so it’s handy if you need to call 911.

The document does not specify a person you want to make other medical decisions in case you can’t, so it’s not a substitute for your existing Advance Directive.

Preparations for Post COVID-19 and the Possibility of a Second Wave (Video)

Avenidas presents the 5th Town Hall Zoom Meeting: “Preparations for Post COVID-19 and the Possibility of a Second Wave”

Presented by Dr. Mehrdad Ayati, Director, Geriatric Care Center.

Event moderated by Emily Farber, MSW, Director Social Services, Rose Kleiner Adult Day Health Center.

Dr. Ayati addresses questions such as

  • If the risk of COVID-19 is always there, and someone can get it a 2nd time, then should high risk people (old, with co-morbidities including COPD, asthma, etc.) continue to protect themselves once shelter-in-place has been lifted? Do such high-risk people need to follow precautions, including masks, the rest of their lives?!
  • How many cases have been treated at Stanford? How many are presently in EU at Stanford and what is the capacity?
  • What will post “shelter in place” look like and what are we to expect as seniors?
  • What about the new home tests? Are they reliable?

Preparations for Post COVID-19 and the Possibility of a Second Wave

Avenidas presents the 5th Town Hall Zoom Meeting: “Preparations for Post COVID-19 and the Possibility of a Second Wave”

Presented by Dr. Mehrdad Ayati, Director, Geriatric Care Center.

Event moderated by Emily Farber, MSW, Director Social Services, Rose Kleiner Adult Day Health Center.

Join Dr. Ayati for a complex discussion on risk assessment, COVID-19, and likely outcomes if we end sheltering in place too quickly.

RSVP is required. Zoom log on information will be emailed to registered participants.

If you have attended previous Town Hall Zoom Meetings or Avenidas classes or are a member, please register here using your email address as your log in ID. If you do not have a password, choose “forgot my password” and one will be sent to you. Please remember to follow the check-out process through to clicking on the green “finish” button to complete your registration.

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If this is your first Avenidas event you can create an account here and proceed to registration. There is no fee to create an account.

If you need further assistance registering, please email info@avenidas.org.

Sponsored by Avenidas Care Partners and Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center.

Covid-19 Challenge at Skilled Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities (Video)

Avenidas presents the 4th Town Hall Zoom Meeting: “Covid-19 Challenge at Skilled Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities”

Featuring a special greeting from Joe Simitian, President, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.

Presented by Dr. Mehrdad Ayati, Director, Geriatric Care Center and Dr. Marina Martin, Section Chief, Stanford Geriatric Medicine.

Drs. Ayati and Martin were quoted in the April 16th, 2020 San Jose Mercury News article “How Covid-19 Exploded From the Chaos Within Nursing Homes.”

Moderated by Emily Farber, MSW, Director Social Services, Rose Kleiner Adult Day Health Center.

Conditions in some of our care facilities are resulting in a potential bottleneck of hospitalized seniors who no longer need hospital care and require a safe discharge plan as well as causing significant stress for family caregivers who are not allowed to visit their loved ones.

How to Navigate End of Life Care Conversations During the Pandemic (Video)

Video from the April 15 Avenidas Town Hall, featuring Dr. Ellen Brown, Elder Care Consultant, Former Medical Director of Pathways Hospice Home Care, with updates from Dr. Mehrdad Ayati, Director, Geriatric Care Center.

Moderated by Emily Farber, MSW, Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center.

It’s never easy to have “What do I do when…” conversations, but it’s important that every person has their wishes for end-of-life care understood and respected. We’ll talk about ways to get the conversation started and how to keep the focus on values especially during a pandemic when anxieties are already high, as well as how to manage the emotional challenges that may surface. This information is important for elders, caregivers, our staff and area providers.

Sponsored by Avenidas Care Partners and Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center.