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Older Adults and Advanced Care Planning

For this week's discussion, share your thoughts about advanced care planning or communicating with older adults.

• Please refer to concepts covered in this week's resources or activities.
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Select one of the following prompts to begin your discussion post this week:

• Advanced care planning is not just about old age. After reading the material for this week, what are your thoughts about developing your own advanced care plan?
• Share a link or an attachment to an advanced directive template. Discuss at least one strength and one limitation of the advance directive you shared.
• It may take more time to build a rapport with an older client as compared to a younger client. Discuss three steps you would take to build a rapport with an older adult. Discuss one thing you shouldn't do when building a rapport with an older adult and why.
• Delivering bad news is never easy. What are three things you learned about delivering bad news?