PREPARE for Your Care
The PREPARE for Your Care program, a public health awareness campaign led by a coalition of national and state health care leaders, aims to help people make plans in the event of illness. The goal of the campaign is to inspire people to make a hospital go bag, choose a medical decision maker, and talk to family about health care wishes. The program includes video stories and provides guidance for filling out an advance directive. COVID-19 resources are included. Content is available in English and Spanish.
Source: PREPARE for Your Care, 2023.
Being Prepared in the Time of COVID-19
This guide from The Conversation Project, an intitiative of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, provides three important steps to take to be prepared in the time of COVID-19. Topics discussed include choosing a health care decision maker, talking about what matters to you, and thinking about what you would want if you become seriously ill with COVID-19.
Source: The Conversation Project and Ariadne Labs, 2020.
https://theconversationproject.org/covid19/
The Conversation Starter Kit
This Conversation Starter Kit from the The Conversation Project, an intitative of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, aims to help people share their wishes for end-of-life care with their loved ones. The Starter Kit's four steps guide the conversation and how to complete legal documents that reflect an individual's wishes.
Source: The Conversation Project, 2021.
https://theconversationproject.org/get-started
Best Practices for the Care of Older Adults
This web page from the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing contains two best practice guidelines to promote healthy aging: Best Practices and Resources for the (1) Primary Care of the Older Adult and (2) Care of the Older Adult with Chronic Disease. The guidelines were developed and recently updated by experts in the field of healthy aging and are designed to inform curriculum and training for interprofessional health care providers of older adults in the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Region. Guidelines are available in English and Spanish.
Who Will Speak For You? How to choose and be a health care proxy
This guide from The Conversation Project, an initiative of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, aims to help people choose and prepare a health care proxy. Information and resources for health care proxies are included.
Source: Institute for Healthcare Improvement & The Conversation Project, 2021.
https://theconversationproject.org/get-started
Your Conversation Starter Kit For Families and Loved Ones of People with Alzheimer's Disease or Other Forms of Dementia
This Conversation Starter Kit from The Conversation Project, an initiative of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, is designed to help families and loved ones of people with Alzheimer's disease or dementia begin the conversation about how they want to live at the end of their life. This guide will help yfamily members begin these talks in the early stages of decline, and it includes ways to use the Starter Kit on your loved one's behalf in the later stages.
Source: Institute for Healthcare Improvement & The Conversation Project, 2023.
How To Talk To Your Doctor: Discussing end-of-life care with your doctor, nurse, or other health care provider
This guide from The Conversation Project, an initiative of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, aims to help people talk to their health care team about their wishes for end-of-life care. This guide can be used as a workbook to make notes to prepare for the conversation. Example talking points and questions to ask at the visit are included.
Source: Institute for Healthcare Improvement & The Conversation Project, 2020.
https://theconversationproject.org/
COVID-19 Response Resources Hub
This resource hub from the Center to Advance Palliative Care has tools, technical assistance, clinical training, and convening opportunities to help organizations in the middle of a COVID-19 surge or planning forward.
Source: Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC), 2020.
https://www.capc.org/
Palliative Care for COVID-19
This pocket card for providers from the Center to Advance Palliative Care provides quick facts about palliative care for COVID-19. Relief of dyspnea, opioid quick tips, and communication skills are included.
Source: Center to Advance Palliative Care, 2020.
https://www.capc.org/
Music on Our Minds: The Rich Potential of Music to Promote Brain Health and Mental Well-Being
This report from the Global Council on Brain Health (GCBH), a collaborative of scientists, health professionals, scholars and policy experts convened by the AARP, examines the latest evidence on how music influences brain health. Although more research is needed, the GCBH issue experts have concluded that listening to and making music holds significant potential to support brain health as people age. The GCBH has adopted ten recommendations for individuals to incorporate music into their lives to promote mental well-being, increase social connection, and stimulate thinking skills.