A model for community-led peer-facilitated advance care planning workshops for the public.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The core to successful advance care planning (ACP) facilitation is helping people determine their values, beliefs and wishes, and understand substitute decision-making. Recognizing the potential for community members to support public awareness and education we developed a model of ACP education, whereby peer facilitators associated with community organizations host workshops that educate and assist members of the public with ACP.

Objectives

Describe the development and evaluation of the model for community-led peer-facilitated ACP workshops for the public.

Design

Descriptive mixed methods.

Methods

A training curriculum and program model were co-developed with two community organizations that had been successful in delivering ACP workshops independen

SUBMITTER: Carter RZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10685751 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature