Planning Ahead: Planning Ahead: Communicating End-of- Communicating End-of- Life Wishes Life Wishes • This presentation is intended as a template • Modify and/or delete slides as appropriate for your organization and community • Delete this slide before use • To view speaker notes and edit presentation, click 'Edit', then 'Edit slides'
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Planning Ahead: Planning Ahead: Communicating End-of-Communicating End-of-Life WishesLife Wishes• This presentation is intended as a
template• Modify and/or delete slides as
appropriate for your organization and community
• Delete this slide before use• To view speaker notes and edit
(Add your organization’s name and contact information here)
PurposePurpose
• Discover the value of talking about your end-of-life wishes
• Learn how to communicate your end-of-life wishes
• Use strategies to clarify and express your wishes
• Help others clarify and express their wishes
Why is talking so Why is talking so importantimportant??
• Conversations before the ‘crisis’ allow time for honest discussion, reflection and planning
• Opportunity to discover important information about yourself and your loved ones
• Most important gift you can give to prepare for end of life
Why is talking so Why is talking so hardhard??
• How do you feel about choices and care around the end of life?
• What do you want?
• What are you worried about?
• Who will make your decisions for you if you are unable?
Interesting to note…Interesting to note…
• Most Americans – 88 percent – feel comfortable discussing issues relating to death and dying*
• Yet…how many of you have had a discussion with your family, a friend, your doctor, or a clergy about YOUR end-of-life wishes?
* National Survey on Death, Dying, and Hospice Care in America, VITAS Innovative Healthcare, 2004
Conversation Conversation TriggersTriggers• Family gatherings• Death of friend or colleague• Newspaper & magazine articles• Movies & books• Sermons• TV talk shows• Financial planning• Medical checkups
How To CommunicateHow To Communicate
• Step 1: Introduce the conversation
• Step 2: Explore personal beliefs and values
• Step 3: Define end-of-life wishes
• Step 4: Document wishes
Step 1: Introduce Step 1: Introduce the Conversationthe Conversation
• Timing is everything!
• Private, comfortable place
• Begin with a conversation trigger
• Importance of expressing end-of-life wishes
Step 2: Explore Step 2: Explore Personal Beliefs and Personal Beliefs and ValuesValues• Engage in a conversation about
beliefs and values:- Happiness- Challenging Times- Spirituality- Family/Growing Up- Personal Values- Lifetime Legacies