Webinar: COVID-19 and Advance Care Planning Webinar for hospital health professionals

Advance care planning, COVID-19 and Healthcare & Hospital Services

Advance care planning is an important part of Australia’s COVID-19 healthcare planning. Advance Care Planning Australia is keen to support healthcare and hospital services professionals to identify advance care planning priorities and actions required.

The Australian Health Management Plan for Pandemic Influenza 2019 cites the importance of Advance Care Directives as part of a coordinated response. Current research estimates that only 25% of older Australians have documented their preferences in an Advance Care Directive.

This 45 minute webinar will involve a small panel of experts discussing:

• advance care planning priorities and actions required in the context of COVID-19

• roles and responsibilities of the healthcare professional workforce and service providers in advance care planning during COVID-19

• ACPA resources available for consumers, staff and service providers.

Panellists include:

• Dr Peter Saul (senior specialist in intensive care at John Hunter Hospital)
• Simon Towler (Intensive Care Staff Specialist at Fiona Stanley Hospital
• Jill Mann (Advance Care Planning Program Coordinator at Barwon Health)
• Dr Karen Detering (Medical Director at ACPA)
• Linda Nolte (Program Director at ACPA)
• Kathryn Whiteside (Clinical Coordinator at ACPA)

Please note that the webinar is capped at 500 participants.

Register in advance for this webinar:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cfP7w0oySuCvW96_ntd11A

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.