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"For a person receiving advance care planning training for the first time, it was a wonderful experience!”

-Jeff Luecke - Aurora Health/St. Michael's Catholic Church

 

 
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Consultation and Presentation Services

Program faculty are available for consultations or presentations on advance care planning at your facility or in your community.


Consultations

On-site consultations are individually designed to assist you in learning more about Respecting Choices" and how to accomplish your specific advance care planning goals and objectives. There are many reasons why you may want to consider scheduling a consultation:

    1. To expose a large group of stakeholders to the Respecting Choices approach
    2. To conduct an assessment of your current ACP program, resources and materials
    3. To evaluate existing opportunities for pilot implementation
    4. To learn about the necessary systems that must be designed to increase the success of your ACP efforts
    5. To meet with local leaders and partners
    6. To assist in designing your ACP mission, goals and objectives
    8. To provide community education and engagement
Presentations

Respecting Choices program faculty have expertise in a variety of issues related to advance care planning, end-of-life decision-making, and health care ethics. Educational presentations are tailored to meet your needs and concerns. Selected topics include:
  • Respecting Choices: A Comprehensive Model for Creating a Community Advance Care Planning Program
  • The History of Advance Directives and Advance Care Planning
  • Advance Directive Storage and Retrieval Systems
  • The Facilitation Skills of Advance Care Planning
  • The Team Approach to Advance Care Planning: Roles and Responsibilities
  • Lessons learned from the La Crosse Advance Directive Study (LADS)
  • The Economics of Advance Care Planning
  • The POLST (Physician Order for Life Sustaining Treatment) Paradigm
  • The Role of Ethics Consultations
  • End-of-Life Ethical Dilemmas and Conflict Resolution
  • Health Care Agency
  • Making Choices: A Community Engagement Presentation
If you wish to discuss a specific request, please contact Matthew Isbell by phone at (608) 775-4887 or (800) 362-9567, ext. 54887, or by e-mail at mrisbell@gundluth.org




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