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Advance Care Planning for Individuals with Lifelong Disabilities

Course Description:

Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are often forgotten when it comes to conversation, planning, and services in adulthood. COVID-19 provided a wakeup call for professionals, family caregivers, and broader caregiving networks to support individuals with IDD in planning for life for when their health changes and for their final days. This 3-hour training will provide a framework for understanding the multi-faceted nature of advance care planning, barriers to advance care planning, and reasons for advance care planning to support individuals with IDD. The number of older adults with IDD continues to increase; therefore, it is essential to carve out time to support individuals with IDD and their caregivers to plan for the future. This training will devote 1.0 hours to ethical practice and will discuss how to intentionally integrate ethical practice advocacy for advance care planning. This session will provide practical information to integrate advance care planning in work that is already being done to best meet the needs of adults with IDD throughout the life course.

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Sponsor Name:
Eastern Michigan University

Contact Information:
Julie Newland
734-487-4926
jnewland@emich.edu

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