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🌸 Happy #InternationalWomensDay! 🌼 On this day of empowerment, let's remember the importance of our health choices. Engage in meaningful conversations with loved ones about your medical preferences. Explore step-by-step planning at PREPAREforYOURcare.org and, for caregivers, PREPAREforTHEIRcare.org

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Happy #NationalCaregiversDay! Let’s honor your caregivers by helping them prepare for medical decision-making. PREPAREforTHEIRcare.org can help. #ACP

Advance Directive Completion Among Community-Dwelling Adults with Decompensated Cirrhosis - PubMed Advance directive completion is low among adults with decompensated cirrhosis. Tailored programs are needed to improve advance directive completion among younger and Hispanic patients with decompensated cirrhosis.

Patients with decompensated cirrhosis are less likely to have an advance directive than those with other advanced chronic illnesses.

Check out Arpan A. Patel’s new study highlighting gaps in advance care planning, especially among younger & Hispanic patients.

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Aging in rural areas: balancing land, care, and connection of family caregivers of persons with dementia: a qualitative analysis - PubMed These findings highlight the complex realities of rural dementia caregiving, where environmental conditions, resource limitations, and social factors intersect to shape caregiver experiences. Aging in rural areas offers comfort but burdens caregivers significantly. Addressing gaps in service accessi …

Congratulations to Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson, DrPH, MSc!

Her paper on rural dementia caregiving was selected as a 2025 Editor’s Choice in Innovation in Aging, a prestigious honor recognizing exemplary gerontological research. Congratulations!

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💖 Happy Valentine's Day! 💕 This day of love reminds us to cherish every moment. Take a moment to have meaningful conversations about your medical preferences with your loved ones. Explore step-by-step planning at PREPAREforYOURcare.org and, for caregivers, PREPAREforTHEIRcare.org #ValentinesDay #ACP

Check out our first 2026 newsletter: conta.cc/3Zn4rZL Learn about our upcoming plans, recent studies, and how you can help people have a voice in their health care. HUGE thanks our donors, including The Y.C. Ho/Helen & Michael Chiang Foundation and the Stupski Foundation, for their generous support!

PREPARE Helping People Have a Voice in Their Health Care

🎉 Happy New Year! 🥳 As we welcome a fresh start, let's also prioritize what truly matters. Have those important discussions about your medical preferences with your loved ones. Explore step-by-step planning at PREPAREforYOURcare.org and, for caregivers, PREPAREforTHEIRcare.org #NewYear2026

Happy Holidays from the PREPARE Team. Give your family and friends the gift of understanding what is most important to you. To learn more, go to PREPAREforYOURcare.org #ACP and caregivers can go to our new resources just for them PREPAREforTHEIRcare.org ❄️

✨ Wishing you a joyful Hanukkah! 🕎 As we celebrate, remember the importance of meaningful conversations about your medical wishes with family. Explore step-by-step planning at PREPAREforYOURcare.org to ensure your future healthcare choices are honored

Thrilled to announce our latest ACP study, conducted across 50 clinics in the UC health systems. We found that adding health navigator outreach to PREPAREforYourCare.org and mailed materials substantially increased AD/POLST documentation for seriously ill patients.

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🦃 Get the table talking about #advancecareplanning this Thanksgiving! To learn how to make it easy check out PREPAREforYOURcare.org and our new caregiver program PREPAREforTHEIRcare.org!

Happy Veterans day! We are thankful to all Veterans and their families who helped co-create and test our prepareforyoucare.org program. #advancecareplanning #veteransday #geriatrics @SFVAMC

#DayOfTheDead is a celebration of life for all ages. A great way to honor your family is to share your medical wishes. Check out PREPAREforyourcare.org for resources for people, family, and caregivers 💀🌹 #caregivers

Happy #NationalFamilyCaregiversMonth! Honor your caregivers by sharing your wishes for medical care. @PREPAREforcare can help. #ACP We also have NEW materials just for caregivers!! Visit PREPAREforTHEIRcare.org!! #caregivers

November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month! It's the perfect time to prepare for #ACP! Check out prepareforyourcare.org to learn more about #advancecareplanning. #hospicemonth #hapc

🌟 It's National Diabetes Month! 🌟

Take charge of your health with Advance Care Planning. Visit Prepare for Your Care to create your plan today. #NationalDiabetesMonth #AdvanceCarePlanning #PrepareForYourCare

Planning your medical wishes does not have to be scary. #HappyHalloween 🎃 Visit www.prepareforyourcare.org to learn more

Goals of care discussions are still taboo in many places—"Addressing this significant gap through proactive communication strategies and systemic changes is vital for ensuring truly patient-centered care." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @alexsmithmd.bsky.social @prepareforyourcare.org

Celebrating Rebecca Sudore, MD (@prepareforyourcare.org), for 20 years of dedicated service at SFVA! Join us Oct 27, 12 PM, SFVAMC Auditorium & Teams for the Director’s Quarterly Awards Ceremony. 🎉👏 #SFVA #20Years

PREPARE for Día de los Muertos and the Holiday Season Email from UCSF Lead the Way: Make Advance Care Planning a Priority in Your Community PREPAREforYourCare.org has had over 500,000 pageviews thus far in 2025, with engagement across every state and ove

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🌍 On World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, let's prioritize what truly counts. Engage in meaningful discussions about your medical choices with those your trust. Discover a detailed planning guide at prepareforyourcare.org to make sure your wishes are heard. #HospiceCareDay

We are incredibly grateful to our amazing collaborators, including Lindsay Welton, Alexis Colley, Genevieve B. Melton, Chloe Botsford, Sandra Oreper, Samuel E. O’Brien, Joseph S. Koopmeiners, Lisa Gibbs, Joseph C. Carmichael, and Elizabeth C. Wick.

I CAN DO Surgical ACP (Improving Completion, Accuracy and Dissemination of Surgical Advanced Care Planning): a protocol for a multisite, single-blinded, pragmatic randomised controlled trial to improv... 4.

Excited to share our new study protocol: I CAN DO Surgical ACP, a multisite RCT testing strategies to improve advance care planning for older adults before major surgery. Details here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40987739/

Happy International Day of #OlderPersonsDay! Take the opportunity to talk with your loved ones about their medical wishes. They’ll thank you! Visit prepareforyourcare.org and our new program PREPARE for THEIR Care to how to talk to others.

PREPARE Helping People Have a Voice in Their Health Care

🩺 It's Health Literacy Month! All our PREPARE materials are targeted toward the 5th grade reading level! Discover how to plan step-by-step with our easy-to-read materials @ PrepareForYourCare.org. Let's prioritize informed decisions! #HealthLiteracyMonth #PlanForHealth

Celebrating #hispanichertiagemonth, reflecting on preserving Hispanic heritage for future generations by engaging in #AdvanceCarePlanning! Go to PREPAREforYourCare.org to learn and share your medical wishes with your loved ones.

In honor of my grandparents who inspired PREPARE For Your Care (prepareforyourcare.org), I would like to wish all the grandparents a Happy Grandparents Day. #GrandparentsDay

Celebrate Senior Citizen's Day with meaningful conversations about your medical preferences with your loved ones. Explore step-by-step planning at prepareforyourcare.org. #HappySeniorCitizensDay

Resident Physician Experiences of Discharging Hospitalized Older Adults to Skilled Nursing Facilities Click on the article title to read more.

New study by Drs. Bingyan Shi, James Harrison & Rebecca Sudore in JAGS shows residents need more time & training on SNFs & post-acute care. Both med & surgery trainees benefit from focused education in these vital areas. Read 👉 agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...