[WSBAPT] FW: New Resource from Commission on Law and Aging

[Karen E. Boxx]

Listmates - the ABA Commission on Law and Aging has put out a new helpful resource on how to counsel clients about advance directives.  The link is below in Charlie Sabatino's email.

Karen



From: Sabatino, Charlie <Charles.Sabatino at americanbar.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 1, 2018 7:05 AM
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Subject: New Resource from Commission on Law and Aging

Dear Elder Law Section and Committee Chairs:


The ABA Commission on Law and Aging<https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_aging/> has just released a new free tool about which you may wish to inform your Section members and colleagues.  The Advance Directives: Counseling Guide for Lawyers<https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/law_aging/lawyers-ad-counseling-guide.pdf> helps lawyers provide more effective health care advance directives for their clients.  It provides a counseling checklist for lawyers and eight practice principles to guide clients through the advance care planning process, plus and extensive resource list of tools to help clients sort through their personal values, goals, and wishes regarding future health care decisions.  The Guide is available for download at: https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/law_aging/lawyers-ad-counseling-guide.pdf



Research on advance care planning shows that people talk to their lawyers as much or more often than to their doctors about advance directives. However, the two professions see the planning process through different lenses. The guide provides guidance that allows lawyers to craft advance health care directives that better align with the clinical realities and family situations clients will face.



The Guide was developed through a convening of legal and medical experts and a project team consisting of the ABA Commission along with the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and partners from the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine and the UC/Hasting Consortium on Law, Science and Health Policy.  The John A. Hartford Foundation and the Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging provided funding for the project.


I've attached a cover picture in case that is helpful to share, and I'm happy to answer any questions you may have.
Best,

Charlie Sabatino
Director, ABA Commission on Law and Aging
American Bar Association
1050 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
T. 202-662-8686    Fax 202-662-8698
charles.sabatino at americanbar.org<mailto:charles.sabatino at americanbar.org>
www.americanbar.org/aging<http://www.americanbar.org/aging>

Subscribe (for free) to BIFOCAL, the bi-monthly e-journal of the Commission on Law and Aging at www.americanbar.org/aging<http://www.americanbar.org/aging>

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