The CDC has launched a new, free online course : Advance Care Planning: An Introduction for Public Health and Aging Services Professionals.
This course will prepare and encourage public health and aging services professionals to accept their vital role in assisting older Americans plan and document what should be done in the event they become seriously ill or lose decision-making capacity.
Three course modules cover1. What advance care planning is and why it's needed.2. How to initiate difficult but essential conversations and document personal values and preferences.3. What public health and aging services professionals can do to leverage their unique position in the community to assist clients and constituents with advance care planning.4. Where to find reliable guidance and resources.
