Difficult Conversations about Difficult Decisions

Difficult Conversations about difficult Decisions
Talking with your loved ones about end of life care
When you are caring for a loved one with a chronic illness, you and your family will eventually face some difficult decisions. Anticipating the kinds of situations that may arise can help you honor your loved one’s health care wishes and avoid having to make tough decisions alone during a crisis.
How to start a conversation, Dealing with resistance, getting family members together, what are the choices? Pros and Cons?, Feeding tubes, Ventilators, DNR, CPR, holding on and letting go
Objectives
• For caregivers and family members to think about the end of live needs of the care receiver before there is a crisis
• To understand the options and the pros and cons of different decisions
• For participants to have ways to talk about end of life choices that will be comfortable for themselves and their loved ones.