Resources to support professional education - resources have been identified which may provide education and support for professionals wishing to expand their own knowledge or to provide education / training materials to colleagues.
An Advance Care Planning presentation (PowerPoint), provided by the National End of Life Programme team to support training for health and social care professionals, outlines the principles of advance care planning for use in teaching sessions / workshops. The last two slides provide supporting notes and reading recommendations for the teacher / facilitator.
All external training details are provided for information only. A listing does not imply endorsement of that training course, the services and materials provided or the views expressed.
This 'learning pack' supports Advance Care Planning (ACP) in Care homes for older people and offers residents the opportunity to think about, discuss and record their wishes for the future.
Staff will need the knowledge, skills and confidence to be able to offer ACP to their residents. The learning pack will help meet this need. It is a comprehensive package with all the tools needed to deliver a course by an appropriately skilled facilitator.
This learning pack was commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care Institute for Excellence as part of a programme of work on implementing the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
(Advance Care Planning, SHARP Records & Plans, 2008)
This document highlights the key issues and challenges of incorporating ACP into routine patient care. It contains useful information on the key principles of ACP and on the definitions of ACP and related terms. It also indicates how ACP links to the Mental Capacity Act.
(NHS National End of Life Care Programme/The University of Nottingham, August 2008 [File:404KB])
The purpose of this guide is to help health and social care professionals understand and implement the new law relating to advance decisions to refuse treatment, as contained in the Mental Capacity Act 2005. The Mental Capacity Act (MCA) came into force in 2007 and it is supported by a Code of Practice. Everyone must comply with the requirements of the Act.
Download an example proforma for My Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment Form.
People and professionals might use this example or develop it to meet their own individual or local needs. There are other examples to be found but care is required to ensure that they comply with the legal requirements.
(NHS National End of Life Care Programme, 02 September 2008 [File:2,960KB])
These pathways have been developed to identify and clarify the decision-making processes involved in end of life care and to reflect national guidance for best practice. They have been designed as a guide for any health or social care professional, caring for any patient at the end of life, irrespective of diagnosis.
The pathways originated from a project to enhance collaborative working between community matrons, employed by Bath and North East Somerset and Wiltshire Primary Care Trusts and community palliative care nurse specialists from Dorothy House Hospice Care.
(Dorothy House Hospice Care, 2008)
The Department of Health, in partnership with the Welsh Assembly Government and the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), published five sets of training materials to support the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Training sets are available for Community Care and Primary Care Training; Core Training; Mental Health Training; Acute Hospitals Training; and Residential Accommodation Training.
(Department of Health / University of Central Lancashire; Social Care Workforce Research Unit (King's College, London); and various authors, 8 May 2007)
These short narrated presentations introduce practitioners to the Mental Capacity Act in more detail, to explain what the Act says, and what impact it will have on palliative care.
(Help the Hospices)
This guidance is intended to assist those supporting people who lack capacity to make their own decisions, whether they are day-to-day decisions or larger decisions. The document focuses its practice examples on the context of end of life care; however the practical tips and tools may be used for other support contexts too. The guidance will:
Authors: Christine Hutchinson and Julie Foster
(East Lancashire Teaching PCT and Central Lancashire PCT, May 2008)
