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Fern Baudo

Fern Baudo

Dr. Fern Baudo is an adult health nurse practitioner and adjunct nursing professor at Adelphi University, CUNY York College, and SUNY Suffolk, and author of "If I Only Knew" on advance care planning.

Sep 1, 2026

Your Family's Health

Your Family's Health

Advance Directives and Health Care Proxies

Sep 1 · 26m

Jeanine Cook-Garard
Jeanine Cook-GarardHOST
4:21
Mm-hmm.
Fern Baudo
Fern BaudoGUEST
4:22
She was walking 50 feet.
Fern Baudo
Fern BaudoGUEST
4:23
She'd get in the car and she'd need 15 minutes to just equilibrate to drive.
Fern Baudo
Fern BaudoGUEST
4:28
So it was painful to watch.
Fern Baudo
Fern BaudoGUEST
4:32
She was hospitalized in that year, maybe six to 10 times.
Fern Baudo
Fern BaudoGUEST
4:37
The year before was the same.
Fern Baudo
Fern BaudoGUEST
4:38
It just started to increase the amount of times she was hospitalized.

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Jeanine Cook-Garard
Jeanine Cook-GarardHOST
14:54
Where do

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