9 May 2019, Advance Care Planning
In association with the Choosing Wisely Forum, the Health Quality & Safety Commission is offering three-hour Serious Illness Conversation Guide training on Thursday 9 May 2019.
5 Apr 2019, Advance Care Planning
Today is Advance Care Planning Day and Kiwis are being encouraged to start planning for their future health and end-of-life care.
25 Mar 2019, Advance Care Planning
A new US study has found significant benefits tied to the Serious Illness Care Program, as published in JAMA Internal Medicine and in JAMA Oncology this month.
19 Feb 2019, Advance Care Planning
A new campaign Kia kōrero | Let’s talk encourages people to plan for their future health care, with a focus on what matters to them. It features the personal stories of six New Zealanders at different stages of life and wellness.
30 Jan 2019, Advance Care Planning
Information about how to order resources has been sent to each region via advance care planning facilitators. Resources available include posters and videos, translated into a range of languages.
29 Jan 2019, Advance Care Planning
In association with the Choosing Wisely Forum, the Health Quality & Safety Commission is offering three-hour Serious Illness Conversation Guide training on Thursday 9 May 2019.
14 Dec 2018, Advance Care Planning
A campaign encouraging people to start thinking about and talking about developing an advance care plan will be launched on 19 February next year.
1 Oct 2018, Advance Care Planning
Planning for her future care was the last thing on Wendy Betteridge’s mind, until a cardiac arrest 18 months ago forced her to change her thinking.
14 Aug 2018, Advance Care Planning
Sue Limmer experienced mental illness for more than 10 years. In this video her daughter, Annalee, talks her mum's advance care plan and how helpful it was for her family in Sue's final days and weeks.
13 Jun 2018, Advance Care Planning
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is coordinating the advance care planning (ACP) programme until the end of 2019, in partnership with district health boards.
2 May 2018, Advance Care Planning
The Commission is seeking health professionals with experience in training and mentoring colleagues to deliver advanced communication skills training.
5 Apr 2018, Advance Care Planning
Today, Thursday 5 April 2018 is national Advance Care Planning Day. Arthur Te Anini spoke to the NZ Herald about advance care planning and why it is important to him.
21 Mar 2018, Advance Care Planning
Advance Care Planning Day is an opportunity for each region to connect with their communities to enhance the profile and knowledge of advance care planning.
23 Nov 2017, Advance Care Planning
Thursday 5 April 2018 is Advance Care Planning Day – a day to encourage people to think about, talk about and plan for their future and end-of-life care.
7 Nov 2017, Advance Care Planning
The Health Quality & Safety Commission will continue to coordinate the Advance Care Planning programme until the end of 2019, in partnership with 18 DHBs.
8 Sep 2017, Advance Care Planning
Australian palliative care psychologist Kerrie Noonan talks to RNZ’s Kathryn Ryan about whether we’re getting better at preparing in advance for our deaths.
3 Apr 2017, Advance Care Planning
Conversations that Count Day on 5 April is aimed at encouraging people to think about and share with their loved ones what was important to them as they neared the end of their life.
5 Dec 2016, Advance Care Planning
The five South Island DHBs have agreed to develop a single South Island-wide electronic advance care plan, meaning there will be one format for all ACPs available electronically anywhere in the South Island – one person, one plan, across five DHBs.
22 Mar 2016, Advance Care Planning
In this ABC Health Report Dr Norman Swan asks why so few of us have advance care plans and discusses the topic with intensive care specialist and advance care planning expert, Bill Sylvester from the University of Melbourne.
5 Nov 2015, Advance Care Planning
A Sydney geriatrician-in-training talks about why everybody should know the dying wishes of their loved ones.