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Discussion Post: Older Adults and Advanced Care Planning
For this discussion, share your thoughts about advanced care planning or communicating with older adults.
1. Refer to concepts covered in this resources or activities.
2. Attaching an article, video, podcast, meme, et cetera, as part of your post is always a good idea, but remember that you will need to write sufficient text in the post to meet the required point total for the post. Points will not be earned for merely attaching the resource and submitting a post without any descriptive text.
Select one of the following prompts to begin your discussion post:
1. Advanced care planning is not just about old age. After reading the material for this week, what are your thoughts about developing your own advanced care plan?
2. Share a link or an attachment to an advanced directive template. Discuss at least one strength and one limitation of the advance directive you shared.
3. It may take more time to build a rapport with an older client as compared to a younger client. Discuss three steps you would take to build a rapport with an older adult. Discuss one thing you shouldn't do when building a rapport with an older adult and why.
4. Delivering bad news is never easy. What are three things you learned about delivering bad news?