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COVID-19 pandemic can be used as a prompt for discussing older adults wishes for end-of-life care As the toll of COVID-19 continues to climb, newly released poll data suggest an opportunity to use the pandemic as a prompt for discussing and documenting older adults wishes for their care, if they get seriously ill or injured for any reason. Overall, 59% of the 50- to 80-year-olds polled said they had had a conversation with loved ones about their preferences in case they became severely ill. That percentage was even higher 70% among those over age 65. Just 7% of all older adults polled said COVID-19 had motivated them to have such a conversations.

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