What If I Get Seriously Ill? A Virtual Workshop for Advance Care Planning During COVID-19

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has brought public attention to questions regarding the type of care individuals would want to receive in the event of becoming suddenly critically ill. Advance care planning (ACP) is one way to help individuals and families address these questions. However, social distancing, stay-at-home orders, and hospital visitor restrictions have raised new barriers to facilitating these conversations. Here, we describe the implementation and evaluation of a novel, public-facing, 2-part virtual ACP workshop.

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - August 20, 2020 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Grant M. Smith, Felicia A. Hui, Claire R. Bleymaier, Ashley R. Bragg, Stephanie M. Harman Source Type: research