Dr. Fred Mirarchi is working to create personalized, specific advance care plans for patients, accommodating every stage of life and end of life wish. After seeing clinicians in the hospital struggle to determine exactly what patients’ wishes were, Fred realized documentation of advance directives didn’t truly communicate clearly. He and the team at Mideo Health have developed a best-practice model for documenting health care directives.

Using a video format allows patients to customize their plan. For older adults who might struggle with technology, the team provides concierge service to guide them through every step of the process. There’s space available on the Mideo platform for creating a personal message to family members, and to document disease-specific directives based on the person’s health history. When completed, Mideo is accessible by QR code so it can be accessed quickly by first responders and hospital staff. If you’re younger and in good health, there’s a “do-it-yourself” version of Mideo that’s easy to complete on your own.

Advance care planning is a great way of preventing unwanted care that’s out of alignment with personal beliefs and wishes. The best time to start the ACP conversation is now.

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Serene-Meshel Dillman’s documentary series Take Me Out Feet First captures the courage and compassion of people choosing Medical Aid in Dying. In the six part series, Serene features the end of life journeys of people dealing with terminal illness, as well as both her own parents. The struggles, grief, joy, and determination of those dying patients and their families shine through in the films. Serene’s vision is to educate the public about the medical aid in dying process and advocate for state legislation that will allow the right to MAID equitably across the U.S.

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After being a caregiver for her parents and husband, Jennifer O’Brien is empowering caregivers so they come through it healthy physically, emotionally, financially, and mentally. In her new book Care Boss, Jennifer has designed strategies and resources to support caregivers. Her 35+ years in healthcare leadership, partnered with all her years as an unpaid family caregiver, equipped her to write the guidebook that caregivers can use to navigate the care of their Person.

If you’re one of the over 54 million unpaid caregivers across the U.S., the advice that Care Boss offers is a great tool to put in your toolbox. Caregivers take on roles as advocate, spokesperson, decision-maker, mediator, comforter, grievers, and financial manager. Caregivers need great resources. Care Boss by Jennifer O’Brien gives caregivers what they need.

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In this second episode in a two part series featuring Dr. Harvey Chochinov, we’re talking about The Platinum Rule. Providing care through the lens of the end of life provider doesn’t fully recognize the personhood of the patient. Dr. Chochinov teaches us about The Platinum Rule - treating others the way they want to be treated, instead of how we would want to be treated if the situation was ours.

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Dr. Harvey Chochinov is teaching us how to go beyond providing healthcare to provide health-caring for the people we serve. Patients are people before they need to engage with the healthcare system. That personhood should be supported and validated with compassion and dignity. Dr. Chochinov has also led a large program of research on dignity within the healthcare setting, which includes the development and study of Dignity Therapy. As a Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Manitoba and a Senior Scientist at CancerCare Manitoba Research Institute, Dr. Chochinov reminds us all that “patients won’t care what you know until they know that you care.”

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Death Doula Darnell Lamont Walker is listening to the dying and speaking up to advocate for their needs. As a Death Doula who is also male and black, Darnell works to facilitate conversations about death in the black community. He’s a unique blend of skills and talents - an Emmy-nominated children’s writer, a documentary filmmaker, and a death doula.

Darnell is a listener, a companion to people with serious illness. He’s working to create change around our perceptions of grief, death discussions, and how we approach dying in the U.S.

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As a nurse and End of Life Doula, Kacie Gikonyo cares for the dying while working to make a lasting impact on end-of-life support. Kacie realized during the pandemic that she was called to work with the dying. She trained with INELDA (the International End of Life Doula Association) to become an End of Life Doula. Her special area of doula practice is with younger persons with a terminal illness, focusing on end of life conversations and legacy projects.

Kacie believes in fostering collaboration over competition, nurturing a community-driven model through the Death Doula Collective. The Collective is a community of Death Doulas from across the country who want to support, empower and guide each other. Kacie is also the founder of the Death Doula School, whose mission is to cultivate successful Death Doulas who are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those they serve.

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