The Conversation Project
The Conversation Project (TCP) has long been the go-to source for conversational tools. They’ve teamed up with Ariadne Labs to produce a 3-Step Guide complete with writing prompts for thinking and talking about what is important to you now or if you would need to seek hospital care.
Being Prepared in the Time of COVID-19 a patient-facing guide on Being Prepared in the Time of COVID-19. This tool can help people take action and be prepared for the pandemic.
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Respecting Choices®
The Respecting Choices® offers free tools to support specific treatment decisions in high risk individuals, Decision Aids for the individual and for the professionals who support them.
Resources to help you have conversations about treatment preferences before a medical crisis
- Proactive care planning conversation COVID-19 – for clinicians to have conversation with individual at high risk for COVID-19 complications
- Proactive care planning conversation with HC Agents COVID-19 – for clinicians to have conversations with the Healthcare Agent of individuals at high risk for COVID-19 complications
- Medical Priorities and Treatment Options – this tool is for use only in the context of a clinician-facilitated discussion about care planning (NOT to be used as a stand-alone piece)
- Recorded Webinar: How to Have a Proactive care planning conversation in the context of COVID-19 – approximately 30 minute pre-recorded Webinar
- Scheduling Proactive Care Planning for COVID-19 – tool to support any team members as they call to schedule time a for clinician to have conversation with an individual at high risk for COVID-19 complications
- Scheduling HC Agents to Proactive Care Planning for COVID-19 – tool to support any team member as they call to schedule time for clinician to have conversation with the Healthcare Agent of individual at high risk for COVID-19 complications
Tools to support specific treatment decisions in high risk individuals
- Decision Aid: CPR
- Decision Aid: Help with Breathing
- User Guide for Decision Aids
- Recorded Webinar: How to Use Decision Aids in conversation
Resources for high risk individuals and their agents/loved ones: The importance of knowing treatment preferences before a medical crisis
- Proactive Care Planning for COVID-19. A Guide for High Risk Adults
- Proactive Care Planning for COVID-19. A Guide for Healthcare Agents
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Ariadne Labs
Ariadne Labs has developed the Serious Illness Care Program’s COVID-19 Response Toolkit. Free, and supporting all personnel and clinicians.
COVID-19 Conversation Guide for Outpatient Care helps clinicians engage in compassionate conversations with high-risk patients about how they can best protect themselves and help them understand what matters most to each patient in the context of COVID-19.
Telehealth Communication Tips supports clinicians having serious illness conversations virtually.
Recommendation Aid a framework to create holistic recommendations after a conversation with a patient who has underlying health conditions that put them at higher risk of severe complications of COVID-19, should they contract it.
Care Planning Resources customizable resource guide that helps clinicians connect patients with needed support services.
Being Prepared in the Time of COVID-19 a patient-facing guide on Being Prepared in the Time of COVID-19. This tool can help people take action and be prepared for the pandemic.
If you want more educational content from Ariadne Labs, please click here.
Advance Care Planning Decisions
Advance Care Planning Decisions offers a robust compilation of resources including those of professional associations, research institutes, organizations supporting At Risk populations, and inclusive of languages, foreign and ASL.
Guide to COVID-19 Information and Resources
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Stay safe and healthy!