Advance Care Planning – Resources
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Please feel free to print and download our general information sheet:
Information Handout
Advance Care Planning Overview > | Advance Care Planning Overview – Spanish >
Provides more detailed instruction on choosing your Patient Advocate(s) role, how/when the role goes into effect, and review/storage options.
Advance Directive > | Advance Directive – Spanish >
(A.K.A. Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare): Legal document to name your Patient Advocate(s) and gives express permission to the Advocate to follow your goals of care (including starting, not starting, or stopping life support treatment). Pages A1-9
Treatment Preferences > | Treatment Preferences – Spanish >
Used for well adults (18+) and those with stable chronic illness, this form describes care goals for those with acute neurologic illness/injury; gives general preferences regarding CPR (it is NOT a DNR form!). Pages B1-2
Wallet Card > | Wallet Card – Spanish >
Complete and place behind Michigan driver’s license/ID card to notify EMS of your Patient Advocate name and AD location.
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Training Programs
First Steps® ACP Facilitator Training
Community volunteers and healthcare professionals are invited to participate in this evidence-based training to become a certified Advance Care Planning Facilitator. Our training is a two-part course consisting of four to six hours of online instruction and a full day of training with didactic and role play experience. Participants will learn effective communication and interview skills to empower individuals through the process of discussing, deciding, and documenting their healthcare preferences.
Stay tuned for more ACP Facilitator training dates, join our waitlist for our next First Steps® ACP Facilitator Training class by emailing acp@mihin.org
Next Steps™(NS) Facilitator Course
The Next Steps™ (NS) Facilitator course is meant to provide information and skill development to assist adults who need to make healthcare decisions specific to their distinct disease(s) with consideration to possible situations that may arise from the specific disease trajectory. During the course education and role-playing assist attendees in learning communication techniques to promote person centered ACP conversations and instruction on how to customize wishes clear enough to guide decision making when that time comes.
Suggested Attendees to the NS™ Facilitator Course
Qualified, typically healthcare, professionals with knowledge of disease processes interested in delivering a more in-depth ACP Facilitation.
If interested in the NS Facilitator Course, you can register at https://choreographedhealthsolutions.com/next-steps-facilitator-course/
Advanced Steps® ACP Facilitator Training
Advanced Steps Advance Care Planning conversations are initiated as a component of quality end-of-life care for frail elders and those whose death in the next 12 months would not be unexpected. The Advance Steps conversation is focused on goals of care to make timely, proactive, and specific end-of-life decisions.
If interested in the AS Facilitator Course, you may register at https://choreographedhealthsolutions.com/advanced-steps-facilitator-course/
Upcoming Webinars:
Stay tuned & check back frequently for new webinar training events
Community Events
Check out what events are happening in your community:
Book Discussions
Date: Tuesday, March 9th
Time: 7:00pm
Led by: Dave Kampfschulte
To register, please contact acp@mihin.org
by Kent Haruf
When Dad Lewis is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he and his wife must work together, along with their daughter, to make his final days as comfortable as possible, despite the bitter absence of their estranged son. Next door, a young girl moves in with her grandmother and contends with the memories that Dad’s condition stirs up of her own mother’s death. A newly arrived preacher attempts to mend his strained relationships with his wife and son, and soon faces the disdain of his congregation when he offers more than they are used to getting on Sunday mornings. And throughout, an elderly widow and her middle-aged daughter do all they can to ease the pain of their friends and neighbors. (description: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15762186-benediction#)
Date: Wednesday, April 21st
Time: 7:00pm
Led by: Jill Peirce
To register, please contact acp@mihin.org
In Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?, Doughty blends her mortician’s knowledge of the body and the intriguing history behind common misconceptions about corpses to offer factual, hilarious, and candid answers to thirty-five distinctive questions posed by her youngest fans. In her inimitable voice, Doughty details lore and science of what happens to, and inside, our bodies after we die. Beautifully illustrated by Dianné Ruz, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? shows us that death is science and art, and only by asking questions can we begin to embrace it. (Description from: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52672113-will-my-cat-eat-my-eyeballs?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=xnR4wu2lBM&rank=1)
Date: Thursday, June 3rd
Time: 7:00pm
Led by: Carol Robinson
To register, please contact acp@mihin.org
“I tremble to say there’s good in death, because I’ve looked in the eyes of the grieving mother and I’ve seen the heartbreak of the stricken widow, but I’ve also seen something more in death, something good. Death’s hands aren’t all bony and cold.” Caleb Wilde, Confessions of a Funeral Director.
Join us as we discuss this sixth-generation funeral director’s exploration of how he could make a difference in the world by caring for the deceased and their loved ones. Wilde tells his story with equal parts humor and poignancy, giving us an intimate look into the business of living and dying.
Wilde, C. (2017). Confessions of a funeral director: How the business of death saved my life. HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY.
January 2021
Making Choices Michigan (MCM) has existed since 2010 as a community-driven collaborative committed to empowering Michigan residents by documenting their preferences, values, and beliefs for serious illness care. The preferences include naming your Patient Advocate(s) and communicating your treatment preferences in an advance directive, which is shared with your Patient Advocate(s), people who care about you, and the broader healthcare system.
In January of 2021, MCM became a strategic business unit (SBU) of MiHIN. You will notice a few changes to our organization, based on the restructuring… Learn more>
September 2020
Virtual Office Hours
Advance Care Planning (ACP) during the COVID-19 Pandemic
You have heard it over and over by now; “unprecedented, uncertain times, ventilator shortage”. The list goes on. Coping methods differ between individuals. Some don’t want to hear anything, others are scouring the internet and listening to the news for any information they can find.
Our mission has always been to educate the public about healthcare choices, including end of life choices, and to work with our healthcare communities so that those choices are known and respected at the time of need. Being educated and sharing your treatment preferences with your patient advocate is a way for you to take control of your healthcare. It is also a gift, both to your patient advocate, and to our healthcare providers! Everyone needs to know what is most important to you during this uncertain time…
Resources for Participants
The journey of life has many twists and turns. No matter where you find yourself along the path, these resources are valuable tools.
Healthcare Professionals
Learn more about providing this proactive and empowering planning service to your patients.