The purpose of advance care planning is to establish goals for medical treatment and supportive care when facing serious illness or decline. Best outcomes are achieved when personal values and medical realities help inform and guide the process. The completion of advance directives – coupled with meaningful conversations with family members, health care providers and spiritual advisors – are essential for success. Helpful tools and resources follow.
Living Old is one hour Frontline program filmed November 21, 2006 presenting a powerful and intimate journey into the uncharted territory of Americans living longer than ever — and what it means for them, their loved ones and our society. On this site you can view the whole program or individual chapters including: The Stories-Living […]
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Making A Plan – Thinking Ahead helps you think about what care you want and do not want if you cannot speak for yourself. It empowers you to have your wishes known and honored if you are unable to guide your own care because of serious illness including a mental health crisis, frailty or the
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MedicAlert® is the leading personal health record repository for medical information with its famous Medic Alert bracelet and medical id alert necklaces recognized worldwide. Medic Alert bracelets and necklaces are used to inform emergency responders about medications, do not resuscitate orders and other information important if you are unable to speak for yourself. Visit Medic
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No matter what our health problems may be, it is important that we are all recognized and respected as being the best source of information about ourselves and what is important to us. If you are unable to make decisions or communicate for yourself when facing mental health challenges, the Mental Health Supportive Care Plan
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The Center for Practical Bioethics, formerly known as the Midwest Bioethics Center, has a 20 year history of raising and responding to ethical issues in health and healthcare and works specifically in the following areas. Researchers looking for Midwest Bioethics Center publications should contact the Center for Practical Bioethics. Clinical and Organizational Ethics: solving moral
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My Care, My Plan: Speak Up Sonoma County’s website provides information and resources for Advance Care Planning including video links, registration and requests for presentations around Sonoma County, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and much more. Established in 2016, MCMP was an initiative of Health Action Committee for Health Care Improvement through 2019.
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The On Our Own Terms website (associated with the PBS Bill Moyers video series on Death and Dying) offers excellent resources for discussion about death and dying. The On Our Own Terms Discussion Guide can be accessed via the Resources tab and downloaded. This discussion guide is an invaluable resource. Visit Talk About It (Moyers/On
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Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) is a document to help ensure that a patient’s wishes are known and honored toward the end of life. It uses a standardized medical order used to indicate which types of life-sustaining treatment a seriously ill patient wants or doesn’t want if his or her condition worsens. POLST assists
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This form was developed by the CA Emergency Medical Services Authority, in concert with the CA Medical Association and emergency medical services (EMS) providers, for purposes of instructing EMS personnel to forego resuscitation attempts in the event of a patient’s cardiopulmonary arrest. This form orders that no medical procedure be done to restart breathing or
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This site operated by the PREPARE Team was founded by Rebecca Sudore, MD, FAAHPM, Professor of Medicine, Geriatrics Division, University of California, San Francisco, PREPARE Director. In addition to simple language Advance Health Care Directives in many languages and user friendly video guidance, the site also includes a new section called Be PREPARED: Take Control
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