5/21+ CCCC COVID Conversations Webinars

The Coalition for Compassionate Care of California will hold it’s next free COVID Conversations and Patient-Centered Care webinar May 21, 2020, on the subject of CCCC Decision Aids, Ventilators, CPR, Transfers, And Comfort Care.  Find details and register at https://mailchi.mp/coalitionccc.org/no-one-should-die-alone-on-the-street-746012?e=67e1ad4c31.

Upcoming weekly sessions will be announced at https://coalitionccc.org/covid-conversations-education/, and recordings of earlier sessions can be found there.  CCCC also provides a COVID Conversations Toolbox at https://coalitionccc.org/covid-conversations-toolbox/, with conversation tools, forms and resources on advance directives and POLST, and links to COVID-19 resources and news updates.  They also have a blog post on The Vital Importance of Advance Care Planning Amid COVID-19, which explains the difference between POLST and Advance Directives, and recommends specific actions.  Find that at https://coalitionccc.org/2020/04/covid-19-conversation-toolkit/.

4/8+ CCCC COVID Conversations

The Coalition for Compassionate Care of California will hold it’s first free COVID Conversations and Patient-Centered Care webinar April 8, 2020, on the subject of Medical Decision Making In The Face Of Serious Illness.  Judy Thomas, JD, CEO of CCCC and Karl Steinberg, MD, Medical Director of Hospice by the Sea, will present, and explain the importance of conversations with patients on advance care planning and POLST in the context of the COVID-19 crisis.  Find more information and register at https://mailchi.mp/coalitionccc.org/no-one-should-die-alone-on-the-street-745848.  CCCC also provides a COVID Conversations Toolbox at https://coalitionccc.org/covid-conversations-toolbox/, with conversation tools, forms and resources on advance directives and POLST, and links to COVID-19 resources and news updates.  They also have a blog post on The Vital Importance of Advance Care Planning Amid COVID-19, wherein Ms. Thomas explains the difference between POLST and Advance Directives, and recommends specific actions.  Find that at https://coalitionccc.org/2020/04/covid-19-conversation-toolkit/.  They imply that this is the first of many, but they don’t specify how many or how often.