“Learn How to Make Advance Directives”

This 90-minute session is available for 1.5 CEUs through the Continuing Education Institute of Illinois. It’s also a great session if you’re a caregiver, patient, or curious participant. Purchase the session and then I’ll be in touch to schedule it at a convenient time for you! Each session also includes an “Ask a Doula” Q&A at the end where I’ll answer all your questions.

In this session, I provide information so you can make informed choices and advance directives. We discuss how these directives sometimes involve living wills, powers of attorney, and health care instructions. We also cover ways to discuss these directives with loved ones.

Upon completion of this program, you will:

∙ Understand the advance directives, power of attorney for health care, living wills, and other advance care planning.

∙ Recognize the importance of making plans, writing them down, and sharing them with others (tender talks.)

∙ Identify differences between tender talks both before and after a diagnosis.

∙ Understand the dos and don’ts for loved ones during tender talks.

∙ Recognize how death doulas, care teams, and loved ones use advance directives to help support people at the end of life when they’re not able to advocate for themselves.