The following includes resources the Journey Project developed working with the Peer Pilot Leadership Team to teach mental health professionals, peers and trusted helpers about advance care planning. Additional resources will be added as we further develop the Peer Pilot Program working to integrate advance care planning and palliative care into mental health services.
This user-friendly overview clarifies the nature of advance care planning and the advance health care directive. It gives guidance for choosing a health care agent and other tips for doing advance care planning. Special emphasis on being prepared, staying in control and exercising your right to live your life, your way – now, with serious […]
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There are a number of helpful guides for entering into the conversation about serious illness and end of life issues. The following were created by the Community Network to assist those working with people with mental health challenges and include: Some Ice Breakers: Having Difficult Conversations Advance Care Planning Cue Card … Read More
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As part of the clinicians and peer support workers training, we created an annotated listing of YouTube and other web videos that are helpful for people wanting to learn more about advance care planning, palliative care, psychiatric advance directives, having difficult conversations and other such topics. This Video Resources Paper with hotlinks to these web-based
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Mental Health & Wellness: Coping during the coronavirus outbreak was compiled by Sonoma County Emergency Services to provide helpful resources in English and Spanish. Here can be found helpful resources for people of all ages including resources when needing help right now.
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For the Peer Pilot Training, the Community Network and Peer Pilot Advisory Group created role plays to help peers learn how to enter into difficult conversations about planning for serious illness and the ending of life. These are helpful for peer support workers, clinicians and other caregivers working with people with serious mental health challenges.
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This title is no longer in use. It was the working title for Making A Plan – Thinking Ahead and used while we worked to adapt the original Thinking Ahead publication for Behavioral Health purposes to include advance care planning for serious illness. The original Thinking Ahead – My Way, My Choice, My Life at
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