News Stories

April 2012 -- "LaPOST and You: Making Your Wishes Known"
AARP Louisiana's e-newsletter and website featured story on LaPOST for its membership.  To read the story, click here.
 
December 2011 -- "LaPost Implementation Continues"
By Josie McKnight, BSW, RSW, The Journal of the Louisiana-Mississippi Hospice & Palliative Care Organization. To read the story, please click here and turn to p. 6.
 
October 2011 -- "The Consistency Between Treatments Provided to Nursing Facility Residents and Orders on the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Form"
The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society posts research results.  Please click here for the study.
 
September 2011 -- LaPOST: An Achievement for Providers, Patients, and Families
Healthcare Journal of Baton Rouge included information about LaPOST in its September issue.  Please click here for the story.
 
September  2011 -- LaPOST Document to Aid in End-of-Life Planning
The Louisiana State Nurses Association included information about LaPOST and  Susan Nelson, MD, chairwoman of the LaPOST Coalition in The Pelican News, its official publication.  Please click here for the story.
 
September 2011 -- LaPOST Document Can Aid in End-of-Life Planning
Louisiana Advocates, a publication of the Louisiana Association for Justice, highlighted the LaPOST's background, the program itself and the document. Please click here to read the article. 
 
August 2011 -- LaPOST Document Can Aid in End of Life Planning
Louisiana Primary Care Association, Inc. included information about LaPOST in The Primary Network its official publication.  Please click here for the story.
 
August 2011 -- Nelson Discusses End-of-Life Communication
In its latest issue, the Journal of the Louisiana-Mississippi Hospice and Palliative Care Organization included an article by Susan Nelson, MD, chairwoman of the LaPOST Coalition, on the LaPOST program and document as well as the importance of guiding end-of-life conversations.  To read the story, please click here and turn to pp. 6-7.
 
July/August 2011 -- LaPOST Document Aids in End-of-Life Care Planning
The Louisiana State Medical Society profiled Susan Nelson, MD, chairwoman of the LaPOST Coalition, and the LaPOST program in its latest bimonthly newsletter -- Capsules.  To read the story, please click here and turn to p. 7.
 
July/August 2011 -- LaPOST
An explanation of the LaPOST document and program appeared in the July/August 2011 newsletter, produced by the National Association of Social Workers/Louisiana Chapter. Please click here and turn to p. 11.
 
6/28/11 -- Nelson Featured in POLST Webinar
Susan Nelson, MD, chairwoman of the LaPOST Coalition, was a featured presenter for a webinar on POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) on Tuesday, June 28, 2011.  Nelson joined Rev. John Tuohey, a Catholic priest and physician, for a discussion of the medical and theological aspects of POLST and related issues. The webinar was organized and hosted by the Catholic Health Association of the United States.