What steps the Government is taking to “encourage elderly people, including those with early stage dementia, to prepare living wills and powers of attorney in anticipation of serious illness or degenerative disease”?
A week or so ago, Vicky – Advocacy Manager – and Carole – Volunteer Advocate – ran a group session with 8 older people. It seemed to go really well for everyone involved.
So far on this blog we have shared thoughts on the training, feedback from community stakeholders and project news. Today we are delighted to be able to share with you what one of the project beneficiaries has to say about it.
Professor Jenny Kitzinger exposes the myth that next of kin can ensure our wishes are respected if we cannot make health-related decisions and explains the role of ‘living wills’.
There was a great turnout at the talk Vicky did last week, and we are all delighted by the number of requests for 1:1 follow up appointments to discuss Advance Decisions and Lasting Power of Attorney’s.
Now that the project has launched we are working hard to involve as many of our existing Volunteers within the Befriending and Advocacy services to be part of this project.
