The ACCEPT Initiative - Leading the Way in ACP Research

I think this is a worthwhile study - one that will make a difference in how healthcare professionals initiate ACP conversations with patients and families, as well as how our healthcare wishes/decisions are honoured.
The ACCEPT Initiative is a multi-year, multi-centre, prospective audit of current practice related to advance care planning (ACP) in patients who are at high-risk for dying, as well as their families.
"We will determine the extent to which these patients and families have engaged in ACP, what barriers and facilitators they perceive, and how satisfied they are with communication and decision making at the EOL. Additionally, for those patients who have engaged in ACP activities, we can compare their outcomes to those who have not. In the Fall of 2011, we enrolled over 500 hospitalized elderly patients and/or their families from 12 acute care institutions in Canada."

Re-posting My Chat with Dave

My chat with Dave.

WIHI: Have You Had "The Conversation"? Helping Loved Ones Discuss End-of-Life Preferences

This is a great listen - "The Conversation Project."

WIHI: Have You Had "The Conversation"? Helping Loved Ones Discuss End-of-Life Preferences

International ACP Conference in Chicago

It's not too late to register!
This will be my 3rd international conference - I expect great things.

http://acpelsociety.com/conference/

National Ipsos-Reid poll indicates majority of Canadians haven’t talked about their wishes for care

Wow! We need to get talking!
http://www.advancecareplanning.ca/news-room/national-ipsos-reid-poll-indicates-majority-of-canadians-haven%E2%80%99t-talked-about-their-wishes-for-care.aspx

Watch this Video - It will inspire you to TALK!

We can’t control if we’ll die, but we can “occupy death,” in the words of Dr. Peter Saul. In this TED Talks video he calls on us to make clear our preferences for end of life care -- and suggests two questions for starting the conversation.


Over the past 35 years Peter Saul has been intimately involved in the dying process for over 4,000 patients. He is passionate about improving the ways we die.


Dr. Peter Saul is a Senior Intensive Care specialist in the adult and paediatric ICU at John Hunter Hospital, and Director of Intensive Care at Newcastle Private Hospital in Australia.  After spending time as the Head of Discipline for Medical Ethics at Newcastle University, he is now a leading adviser to the State and Federal health departments.

http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_saul_let_s_talk_about_dying.html

BC Creates Advance Care Planning Guide

I would be interested in your feedback on this new document for Advance Care Planning in BC.