Starting an advance healthcare planning conversation with patients can be challenging and time consuming. Here are some helpful resources.

CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW FOR TOOLS AND INFORMATION:

• Getting the Conversation Started - Brief Script – PREPARE (pdf)
• Having the Conversation at three life stages:  A Guide for Practitioners – Conversation Ready (pdf)
• Advance Care Planning: Using the Health Care Team to Make Hard Conversations Easier
• IHI - Conversation Ready White Paper - This white paper presents a framework built on five core principles to help healthcare organizations and clinicians develop reliable processes to engage patients in conversations about their wishes for end-of-life care, steward that information, and provide respectful end-of-life care that is concordant with patients’ stated goals, values, and preferences.
• Improving Advance Care Planning Documentation Using Reminders to Patients and Physicians: A Longitudinal Study in Primary Care – American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• Working Together to Improve Advance Care Planning in Healthcare and Community Settings – Respecting Choices and PREPARE (pdf)