Serious Illness Conversation Guide
This is a guide designed for healthcare workers to develop effective communication with a diverse patient population facing serious illness. This guide also provides tips on sharing assessment of illness, sharing prognosis, patient goals and values, and how to start and end conversations with patients around issues related to serious illness.
Pet Loss & Grief Fact Sheet From The American Veterinary Medical Association
The relationship shared with your pet is a special and unique bond, a tie that some might find difficult to understand. There will be well-meaning friends and family members who will think that you should not mourn for your pet or who will tell you that you should not be grieving as hard as you are because it’s “just a cat” or “just a dog.” Your grief is normal, and the relationship you shared with your special friend needs to be mourned.
Know the Facts: Older Adults and Palliative and End-of-Life Care
What palliative and end-of-life care? What are obstacles to palliative and end-of-life care? What mental health issues and concerns do some older adults face near end-of-life?
About the organization: The Office on Aging is the focal point for APA activities pertaining to aging. Its mission is to promote the application of psychological knowledge to issues affecting the health and well-being of older adults. The Office on Aging also supports the work of the APA Committee on Aging.
Know the Facts: Culturally Diverse Communities and Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Why is culture important? How does ethnicity influence palliative and end-of-life care? What are the barriers to effective communication? And what is the role of family?
About the organization: The Office on Aging is the focal point for APA activities pertaining to aging. Its mission is to promote the application of psychological knowledge to issues affecting the health and well-being of older adults. The Office on Aging also supports the work of the APA Committee on Aging.
Delivering Bad or Life-Altering News
This article discusses strategies for delivering serious news. Several common frameworks are identified (ABCDE, BREAKS, SPIKES, Nurse). It is written from a physician perspective.
Culture Clash No More: Integration and Coordination of Disease Treatment and Palliative Care
"Culture Clash No More: Integration and Coordination of Disease Treatment and Palliative Care" include the following learning objectives: the limitations of the Medicare hospice benefit; defining three models of palliative care; identifying the benefits and barriers to early palliative care referral and intervention; identifying reasons patients are lost to follow up; recognizing the importance of health literacy to care decisions; listing possible disease treatments that fit into the hospice model.
Patient and Family Experiences (Negative and Positive) with Health Care Teams
These short video snippets capture patients and/or family members describing their experiences with health care services representing a range of specialty care. The first series illustrates the negative impact when care providers are not communicating with each other to coordinate care. The second video series describe the positive impact of interprofessional collaborative practice where professionals are communicating and collaborating to optimize care.
Communication Access-- Better Health Starts with Effective Communication
People with communication disabilities often find it hard to get the information and communication supports they need to fully access health services and programs. This can lead to less-than-ideal outcomes for everyone involved. As a health professional, learn how you can support effective communication access to promote equitable care and better health. ACCESS is a framework of six core principles to help lessen communication barriers. Always check your patient's communication needs before starting care using the ACCESS tool.
Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice (IPE/IPP) Case Studies
Access more than 25 case studies involving real-life teams, patients, students, and families. These cases feature examples of successful IPP collaboration across a variety of settings with a variety of health and education professionals and community members. More than 35 different professions are represented among the interprofessional teams and cases thus providing a rich resource for preprofessional student learning as well as the professional development of workforce teams.
Trauma-Informed Caring for Native American Patients and Communities Prioritizes Healing, Not Management
Addressing intergenerational trauma remains a public health priority in Native American (NA) communities. Clinicians working with NA patients must express humility, understand local culture, collaborate, and develop an insider's perspective on NA past and present life in order to earn trust. This case considers an NA adolescent suffering from mental distress, possible substance use, and multiple traumas.
