Hybrid Training

3 CE Hours

“You Can’t Always Get What You Want: Why Advance Care Planning Fails and How to (Mostly) Fix It”

Ronn Huff, HEC-C
Sawyer Small, Ed.S., LPC-MHSP(t), MT-BC

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Due to advances in medical care and public health, Americans are experiencing longer – and often healthier – lifespans than ever. Because of this, death and dying has become increasingly relegated to old age.

Using videos and breakout sessions, this workshop will examine some of the difficulties associated with aging and dying and, in particular, focus on the limitations of the conventional advance care planning model (living wills and healthcare proxies) and consider some different approaches to thinking about and planning for mortality.

Objectives:

• Review common “disconnects” encountered in end-of-life planning
• Discuss the cultural and medical challenges associated with advanced age and dying
• Identify effective approaches to advance care planning

About the Speaker(s)

Ronn Huff, HEC-C

Ronn Huff (HEC-C) is the lead Clinical Ethics Consultant for the Hospital Corporation of America (HCA). His work focuses on an interdisciplinary approach to clinical ethics, leveraging the work of physicians, nurses, case managers, chaplains, risk managers, patient safety directors and legal counsel, to identify opportunities for systems-based improvements in patient care.

Sawyer Small, Ed.S., LPC-MHSP(t), MT-BC

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