New WA Advance Health Directive – end of life – Health service providers Session

Webinar Series
New and Revised WA Advance
Health Directive
WA’s revised Advance Health Directive and refreshed advance care planning
resources are now available. The resources aim to empower people to make and
document choices about their future health and personal care that reflect their
values, beliefs and preferences
Overview
The WA Department of Health’s End-of-Life Care Program (EOLCP) undertook
broad sector consultation on the development of the new AHD and resources
before they were launched by the Minister for Health, the Hon Amber-Jade
Sanderson, on 4 August 2022.
PaSCE with the support of the WA Department of Health EOLCP are delivering
5 brief & accessible webinars. These sessions will include a case study and
discussions with sector experts.
There will be the opportunity for Q&A during the live webinar.
Learning areas
The revised AHD enables individuals to include their values and preferences, in
addition to treatment decisions, it combines tick box and free text questions
and includes consent to medical research. There are a range of new resources
including guides, brochures, webpages and informational videos.
Health professionals can better understand their roles and responsibilities
in supporting people through the process of advance care planning with the
Health Professional Guide to Advance Care Planning in WA. Consumers can
access the Guide to Making an Advance Health Directive in WA, including an
example of a completed AHD and relatable vignettes.
These sessions are designed to raise awareness of the importance of advance
care planning, solidify what you will need to know and the impact on your
practice.
Presented by
Grace Buchanan
Grace Buchanan is a registered Nurse, trained Midwife and health educator who
has worked in many areas of Palliative Care over the last 35 Years in Western
Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Grace has worked in many
roles throughout her career inclusive of clinical care, clinical management and
education across private, public, not for profit, acute, primary and community
health sectors.
She is a passionate advocate and educator of palliative care and was the
manager of the PaSCE team at Cancer Council WA for 10 years. She is the
Director of L&E Grace Consultancy, Learning with Grace. Grace is the recipient
of Palliative Care Western Australia’s 2021, “Outstanding Palliative Care
Professional”. Her ultimate aim is that everyone sees dying as a normal part
of living and enabling health professionals to assist everyone to be able to live
their best life