End-of-Life Decisions Toolkit

This comprehensive guide helps Texas Medicare-participating facilities understand federal and state advance directives laws that impact their operations, and provides tools for them to communicate compassionately and effectively with patients, media, community and employees about end-of-life decision-making.

While advance directives laws have not changed since 2003, numerous high-profile cases involving patients whose families and health care providers disagreed on their end-of-life care have created legislative and public scrutiny of how hospitals implement these laws. Originally published in 1991 and last updated in 2003, this new updated 2008 version vastly expands upon previous editions with new tools and resources designed to help hospitals evaluate their procedures, educate employees and their community, and communicate effectively about complex and sensitive end-of-life issues.

The manual provides:

• In-depth analyses of federal and state advance directives laws
• Sample policies and procedures
• Case study scenarios with Q-and-A analysis
• Camera-ready forms in Spanish and English
• Community and employee education curriculum, with sample handouts
• Sample media and patient communications tools
• CD-ROM containing model forms and brochures

 
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Community Education DVD

Member Price: $95
Non-member Price: $190

• Highlights the importance of taking control of one’s own health care decisions
• Explains the various advance directives options available to adults
• Includes a presentation outline for use with community groups, with emphasis on understanding your options and making your wishes known in writing

 
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Employee Education DVD

Member Price: $95
Non-member Price: $190

• To be used in conjunction with your facility’s employee-training program on advance directives
• Features a suggested lesson plan and scenarios for group discussion to apply theory to practice
• Includes camera-ready handouts to use in your training sessions

 
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