Conversations About Advance Care Planning

In this episode it is my pleasure to talk with Victoria Butler-Cole KC , a barrister at 39 Essex Chambers. TorShe specialises in health and social care law, in particular the Court of Protection. She is a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and an advisor to the Open Justice project.

This episode is the third in a series exploring a family's experience at the Court of Protection and what we can learn from it. In the first episode I talk with Anna about her experience at the Court of Protection, I hear how Anna and her family were unprepared for the experience and we explore the tension between deprivation of liberty and appropriate care and supervision of a person. In the second episode I talk with Mary about how it felt as a daughter to experience the Court of Protection, and what she learned about being an attorney for her Mum. You can access both of these episodes through the website www.speakforme.co.uk

If you are a team looking to provide better end of life care, or set up a one off or complete education programme in end of life care head to www.speakformelpa.co.uk where I provide details on how I can help you. You will also find information about my Lasting Power of Attorney consultancy and the talks I offer for organisations.

In this episode it is my pleasure to talk with Mary about how it felt as a daughter to experience the Court of Protection, and what she learned about being an attorney for her Mum. I talk with Mary about what it felt like to experience the Court of Protection, the challenges, the positives and what impact the Open Justice Court of Protection Project had.

This is the second in a series of three podcasts; previously I spoke with Anna, Mary's sister about the interplay between Lasting Power of Attorney and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. I learned about the circumstances leading to being in the Court of Protection and the interplay between Lasting Power of Attorney and Deprivation of Liberty safeguards.

In the third episode I'll be talking with Victoria Butler Cole KC who explains the terminology and legal framework that underpin the mental capacity act, lasting Power of Attorney and deprivation of liberty safeguards.

If you are a team looking to provide better end of life care, or set up a one off or complete education programme in end of life care head to www.speakformelpa.co.uk where I provide details on how I can help you. You will also find information about my Lasting Power of Attorney consultancy and the talks I offer for organisations.

In this episode it is my pleasure to talk with Anna about her experience at the Court of Protection. I hear how Anna and her family were unprepared for the experience and we explore the tension between deprivation of liberty and appropriate compassionate care and supervision of a person.

This is the first in a series of three podcasts; in the next episode I talk with Anna's sister Mary about how it felt to experience the Court of Protection and in the third I talk with Victoria Butler Cole KC who explains the terminology and legal framework that underpin deprivation of liberty safeguards.

If you are a team looking to provide better end of life care, or set up a one off or complete education programme in end of life care head to www.speakformelpa.co.uk where I provide details on how I can help you. You will also find information about my Lasting Power of Attorney consultancy and the talks I offer for organisations.

In this episode it is my pleasure to talk with Dr Ben Bowers. We talk about Ben's research focusing on Anticipatory prescribing, the practice he found and what we can learn from this to deliver more personalised care.

If you are a team looking to provide better end of life care, or set up a one off or complete education programme in end of life care head to www.speakformelpa.co.uk where I provide details on how I can help you. You will also find information about my Lasting Power of Attorney consultancy and the talks I offer for organisations.

In this episode I talk with Roslyn Wood. Ros is a specialist metalworker and artisan jeweller. For over a decade she has been helping families capture precious moments in life through the art of jewellery-making.

I talk with Ros about how her passion for memorial jewellery began, the variety of work she creates for people and how memorial jewellery can help with grief. You can see Ros's work and some of her beautiful creations at roslynjewellery.co.uk

In our discussion Ros shares the joy she experiences in creating unique work which reflects so beautifully what mattered to a person.

If you are a team looking to provide better end of life care, or set up a one off or complete education programme in end of life care head to www.speakformelpa.co.uk where I provide details on how I can help you. You will also find information about my Lasting Power of Attorney consultancy and the talks I offer for organisations.

In this episode of Conversations About Advance Care Planning it is my pleasure to talk with Dr Anna Steel. Anna is a Consultant Geriatrician at Barnet Hospital and co-founded the "Elephant in the Room" Advance Care Planning simulation course.

We talk about what led Anna to create the course, how it is delivered and the impact it has made..

If you are a team looking to provide better end of life care, or set up a one off or complete education programme in end of life care head to www.speakformelpa.co.uk where I provide details on how I can help you. You will also find information about my Lasting Power of Attorney consultancy and the talks I offer for organisations.

I first met Jo in 2023 to record how Fast Track Continuing Health care supports Advance Care Planning. We spoke about the importance of adapting to rapidly changing needs, and the care required to support her husband Barry to die at home after he was diagnosed with an aggressive glioblastoma.

In this special episode, released during Dying Matters 2023, we talk about the challenges in knowing how to mark anniversaries, what walking alongside a grieving person looks like and the importance of workplace support for bereavement.

There's a link to Jo's first episode in the show notes or you can find it as number 45 in Conversations about Advance Care Planning.

If you are a team looking to provide better end of life care, or set up a one off or complete education programme in end of life care head to www.speakformelpa.co.uk where I provide details on how I can help you. You will also find information about my Lasting Power of Attorney consultancy and the talks I offer for organisations.

Well that was fun! Way back in June 2021 I reflected with Martin, the editor of Conversations About Advance Care Planning, on the podcasts produced and how they had impacted him. If you haven't listed yet – do! It really is a super episode and sums up perfectly how we can normalise these important conversations.

During our 2021 discussion, Martin mentioned a number of things he was planning and we pledged to catch up in a few months to see what had been put in place.

Talking with Martin today I was blown away by what he has done, including the innovative audio diaries he's making for his children and the music list created. The episode is proof that the podcast is starting Conversations That Matter, demystifying Advance Care Planning and helping people to take real action.

If you are a team looking to provide better end of life care, or set up a one off or complete education programme in end of life care head to www.speakformelpa.co.uk where I provide details on how I can help you. You will also find information about my Lasting Power of Attorney consultancy and the talks I offer for organisations.

It is with great pleasure that I am re -releasing episode 25 this week. This was a hugely popular episode in which Martin sets out the steps he will take for his Advance Care Planning and challenges me to produce episodes on Ordinary Dying, financial planning and alternative funerals.

In next week's episode, you can follow up the pledges Martin makes and hear how subsequent podcasts have met the challenges he set for me. You'll also hear the very real impact Conversations in Advance Care Planning is having.

If you are a team looking to provide better end of life care, or set up a one off or complete education programme in end of life care head to www.speakformelpa.co.uk where I provide details on how I can help you. You will also find information about my Lasting Power of Attorney consultancy and the talks I offer for organisations.

In this episode it is my pleasure to talk with Dr Lucy Selman. Lucy is Associate Professor in Palliative and End of Life Care and a social scientist who has published extensively on experiences of serious illness; decision-making and communication; family care-giving and bereavement; and widening access to services.

Lucy is currently conducting the OSCAR study focussed on improving how renal clinicians communicate with older people about their treatment options and we dive into some fascinating early findings in our discussion. Lucy is based at the University of Bristol and works closely with researchers Dr Ryann Sowden and Dr Chloe Shaw on the study.

If you are a team looking to provide better end of life care, or set up a one off or complete education programme in end of life care head to www.speakformelpa.co.uk where I provide details on how I can help you. You will also find information about my Lasting Power of Attorney consultancy and the talks I offer for organisations.