Advance Care Planning: DNAR Orders & Patient Wishes | End-of-Life Care Training (4/6)

Part 4 of 6: Respecting Choices at the End of Life

Understanding Advance Care Plans (also known as Respect Forms), DNAR (Do Not Attempt Resuscitation) orders, and patient wishes can feel complex – but they are central to dignity and choice in dying. In this video, we guide care workers through legal and emotional aspects of these crucial documents.

Highlights in this video:
0:14 – Understanding your patient's hopes and wishes
0:54 – Importance of recording patient's hopes and wishes
1:35 – How an Advance Care Plan is completed
2:10 – DNAR orders
3:37 – Importance of knowing your patient's Advance Care Plan
4:33 – Dementia and decision-making
5:19 – Legal Power of Attorney
6:23 – What to do if patient lacks mental capacity to make decisions
6:49 – Lived experience: Bolanle Oyelami, Domiciliary Care Worker
8:13 – Lived experience: Olufunke Nkeki, Domiciliary Care Worker

Who is this training for?
Care workers encountering DNAR or advance care plans for the first time
Care workers navigating family disagreements
Anyone seeking clarity on legal frameworks around patient choice

Credits:
Dr. Julia Verne – Expert speaker
Bolanle Oyelami– Domiciliary care worker
Olufunke Nkeki – Domiciliary care worker
Motunrayo Ogungbemi – Healthcare assistant

Produced by:
Tresacare – Award-winning wellbeing solutions for care workers. https://www.tresacare.com
Art of Living & Dying Well – Centre at St. Mary's University, London. https://www.artofdyingwell.org/
https://www.stmarys.ac.uk/research/ce...
Álvaro García – Videographer.   / algafu  

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