#2 Using What Matters Most and the Dignity Question in Advance Care Planning with Dr Miriam Colleran

In episode 2 I talk with Dr Miriam Colleran. Dr Miriam is a consultant in palliative care working in the hospice, community and acute hospital settings close to Dublin. We talk about the impact of introducing the Dignity Question in person centred care and how to include What Matters Most into Advance Care Planning.

Key messages from Dr Miriam

• Always consider the befit and burden of any treatment

• Remember the importance of communication in Advance Care Planning

• Consider the emotional as well as practical elements of caring for someone at home

• How the Certificate in Quality & Leadership drove forward person centred care for Dr Miriam

• Allow people time and space for important conversations

• Record "What Matters Most" to the patient in the notes

• Walk two roads when faced with serious illness

• You are not alone if you have a serious illness or progressive disease.

Resource

• Whose Death is it anyway? How we die matters: Dr Brendan O'Shea

• Dignity explained

• Irish Hospice Foundation

• Quality Improvement Leadership Programme

• You Matter Because You Are

• The Waiting Room Revolution Podcast

• Professor Harvey Max Chochinov, MD, PhD, FRCPC

• What Matters Most Charter

Find out more about my Bespoke Consultancy

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• End of Life Care Education

• Lasting Power of Attorney Consultancy

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Thanks to all my guests for working with me to share their knowledge, experience and stories about Advance Care Planning. I hope you enjoyed listening and have insights to take away; I love hearing your reflections on the series and look forward to reviews on Spotify where you can also subscribe to the series.

Clare

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Podcast edited by Martin Whiskin.