Conversations About Advance Care Planning

In episode 7 I talk with Celia Kitzinger about Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment and the Mental Capacity Act. Celia shares how a devastating family experience provided the catalyst for her work and provides clarity and insight into ADRTs and the MCA. Celia talks through the process of making an ADRT and why an Advance Statement of wishes and preferences is so very important.

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 to James about what a Digital Legacy is and how to get started. Like many people, I have heard about Digital Legacy, but have always been a little uncertain how to take the first steps in managing my own Digital Legacy. James gives some excellent advice and I can proudly say I have taken those first steps. James Norris is the founder of the Digital Legacy Association and MyWishes. James researches and develops end of life technologies, apps and websites. He organises the annual Digital Legacy Conference and publishes regular tutorials helping to empower both professionals and the general public. James runs educational workshops, has consulted various governments and provides thought leadership in digital death, bereavement, technology and the internet.

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 episode five I talk with Jim about what he learned from working in a hospice and how he walks two roads between life saving active interventions and supporting people at the end of life. Jim talks about what can happen when Advance Care Planning is not in place, describing some of the calls he has attended to demonstrate the reality. We know that many people express a wish to be in their own home at the end of life, yet often the planning to facilitate this is missing; Jim describes what can happen without these important plans in place.

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 Sonia shares how she has introduced Advance Care planning across three generations of her family and with her friends. Sonia talks about an experience she had at an early age and how this shaped her views on planning ahead. Sonia shares three different ways she has started Important Conversations using - cues - media as a springboard for conversation - Following up a direct "I don't want that" comment There are many messages in this episode, what one thing will you do after listening?

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 episode 3 I talk with Dr Amy Heskett about Treatment Escalation Plans, or TEPS. TEPs are a part of Advance Care Planning and focus on planning ahead in case of a crisis situation including guidance on a person's wishes about being admitted to hospital. Amy shares how to start important conversations and what makes a good Treatment Escalation Pan.

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 episode 2 I talk with Dr Miriam Colleran. Dr Miriam is a consultant in palliative care working in the hospice, communiuty and acute hospital settings close to Dublin. We talk about the impact of introducing the Dignity Question in person centred care and how to include What Matters Most into 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.

In this episode I talk to Clair Fisher. We discuss Clair's experience in hospital and challenges in ensuring her Advance Care Plan was listened to. Clair shares the wellbeing advantages she has experience through Advance Care Planning and some useful tools for 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.