Workshop II: Legal and Ethical Issues in Geriatric Care
Monday, November 16, 2009
Objectives: Upon
completion of this workshop, participants
will be able to:
- Compare patient, family (or surrogate), and provider interpretations of such values as autonomy and quality of life
- Demonstrate how the basic concepts and methods of advance directives and living wills can be used in decision-making in clinical care
- Critically analyze the value systems and codes of professional ethics among the health professions
- Explain how clinical resources on cultural competency and health literacy can be utilized in decision-making in clinical practice
- Differentiate between the legal mechanisms of durable power of attorney for health care and guardianship, including their implications for informed consent and procedural requirements
- Analyze legal and ethical issues in actual clinical cases as part of an interdisciplinary team
Agenda:
8:30-9:00 |
Registration,
coffee and pastry |
9:00-9:15 |
Welcome,
Introductory Comments, and Completion of
Pre-Workshop Assessment
Phillip G. Clark,
ScD |
9:15
- 9:45 |
Survey of Ethical Issues in Geriatrics
Phillip G. Clark,
ScD |
| 9:45-10:30 |
Clinical Decision-Making: Legal and Ethical Issues
Cynthia Padula, PhD, RN |
10:30-10:45 |
BREAK |
10:45-11:30 |
Values in Professional Codes of Ethics
Kim Salloway Rickler, MSW
|
11:30-12:15 |
Case Study #1: “Advance Directives: To Tube or Not to Tube”
Facilitators: RIGEC faculty |
12:15-1:15 |
LUNCH |
1:15-2:00 |
Advance Directives: Initiating Discussions Around End-of-Life Care
Roberta B. Merkle, Esq
|
2:00-2:45 |
Legal Dimensions of Caring for Older Persons
David F. Reilly, Esq |
| 2:45-3:00 |
BREAK |
3:00-3:30 |
Open Discussion of Legal Issues with Attorneys
Roberta B. Merkle, Esq.; David F. Reilly, Esq. |
| 3:30-4:15 |
Case Study #2: “Hard Times for the Blanchards”
Facilitators: RIGEC faculty and Attorneys |
4:15-4:30 |
Discussion, Summary, Program Evaluations, and Post-Workshop Assessment
Phillip G. Clark, ScD: Facilitator
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4:30 |
Presentation
of Certificates |
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