Person Centered Approaches to Healthcare Decision Making - Fall 2022

A practical program for facilitators and planners who work with people with intellectual, developmental, and other disabilities.

Facilitated by:

Leigh Ann Kingsbury, InLeads Consulting

Mary Beth Lepkowsky, Helen Sanderson Associates USA

Join organization leaders, care coordinators, planners, and facilitators to learn about supporting people to make healthcare decisions and practice ways to start conversations about future care planning and care at end of life. When we normalize conversations about future wishes, as well as care and support needs, we become better advocates and we live knowing we have taken measures to honor another person's wishes when they are unable to make decisions for themselves.

Five practical, interactive 3-hour sessions will cover:

Decision-making standards and opportunities in this handicap session, including:

• Competency and capacity
• Urgency and significance
• Key healthcare decisions
• Essential elements of the facilitator role
• The role of culture in advance care planning and care at end of life
• Language and terminology of advance care planning and care at end of life
• The roles, responsibilities, and competencies of a conversation and planning facilitator
• The legal requirements and value-based elements of an advance care plan.
• Using person-centered approaches to support people throughout the advance care planning process.

Participants will:

• Apply skill practices to develop an advance directive with a partner.
• Practice advance care planning conversations using scenarios involving people with disabilities.

What people are saying...

"I feel ready to dive into these difficult and sensitive conversations with people. I did not feel ready to dive into these conversations before this program!"

"I think this would be a valuable class for anyone and everyone who has the desire and opportunity. I thought it was presented in such a thoughtful way."

"Everything was great! I like that we were challenged each week to think outside of the box and our comfort zones."

Meet the facilitators:

Group Ticket Sales

If you prefer to use an invoice for billing and payment purposes, or if you would like to register a group from your organization, please contact Mary Beth at marybeth@helensandersonassociates.com to generate an invoice.