Respecting Choices Training - January 2006
 

Recently, the Area Agency on Aging District 7’s (AAA-7) Regional Ombudsman Program received a grant from the Scioto Foundation to assist with the implementation of a project entitled, “Respecting Choices-Advanced Care Planning for the Scioto County Area.”

On December 1 & 2, 2005, phase I of the project was implemented with Maggie Selby, RN, MSN, of Comfort Care Partners providing the training. Thirteen community professionals were trained as Advanced Care Planning Facilitators to assist senior citizens in the Scioto County area with advanced care planning. The purpose of the project is to improve the quality of end-of-life care for older adults by assisting them to have conversations about advanced care planning. This is done by shifting the focus of end-of-life decision- making away from the completion of a document and toward facilitating discussion about the senior’s values and preferences.

The AAA-7 Ombudsman Program and Comfort Care Partners will be developing additional workshops for 2006. If you’d like more information about advanced care planning or would be interested in becoming an Advanced Care Planning Facilitator, please contact Kaye Mason-Inoshita, Ombudsman Program Director, at 1-800-582-7277.