Learning Resources
O PREPARE
• Review the Learning Resources on working with older adults and their families.
• Imagine that you are preparing for a care conference with an 81-year-old patient with COPD and diabetes, her boyfriend, and her two adult children. You have been asked to lead a discussion with the patient and family about plans for the future, and you are aware that this patient does not have any advance directive or medical power-of-attorney documents on file.
ASSIGNMENT
SUBMIT 1-PAGE IN WHICH YOU:
Post a brief summary of the main points you would want to convey to the family in the care conference. Explain what you would do and say if the patient expresses reluctance to create formal advance directive documents. Explain how you would ensure that all parties are given an opportunity to contribute to the discussion, but the patient’s wishes are prioritized. Describe how you might navigate disagreements among family members.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
• Heyman, J. C., & Congress, E. P. (Eds.). (2018). Health and social work: Practice, policy, and research. Springer Publishing Company.
o Chapter 12, “Healthcare and Work With Older Adults and Their Caregivers Download Healthcare and Work With Older Adults and Their Caregivers” (pp. 212–233)
Credit line: Health and Social Work: Practice, Policy, and Research, 1st Edition by Heyman, J.; Congress, E. Copyright 2018 by Springer Publishing Company. Reprinted by permission of Springer Publishing Company via the Copyright Clearance Center. Licensed in 2023
• Gerber, K., Lemmon, C., Williams, S., Watt, J., Panayiotou, A., Batchelor, F., Hayes, B., & Brijnath, B. (2020). “There for me”: A qualitative study of family communication and decision-making in end-of-life care for older peopleLinks to an external site.. Progress in Palliative Care, 28(6), 354–361. https://doi.org/10.1080/09699260.2020.1767437
• Scheinfeld, E., & Lake, P. K. (2021). Why is It just so hard? Making sense of end-of-life communication between adult children and their terminally ill parental figuresLinks to an external site.. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 83(3), 611–629. https://doi.org/10.1177/0030222819859163
• Waldrop, D. P., & McGinley, J. M. (2022). Beyond advance directives: Addressing communication gaps and caregiving challenges at life’s endLinks to an external site.. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 63(3), 415–422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.09.020
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