What You Can Do: Your Role in Serious Illness Care

High-quality care when faced with serious illness, including at the end of life, is an essential component of age-friendly care. Resources for National Healthcare Decisions Day can be used year-round to encourage care providers, older adults and their families to collaborate, communicate and prioritize what matters.

Review and deploy these tools and resources to improve serious illness care:

CAREGIVERS

Conversation Starter Guide for People with Alzheimer’s or Dementia

A guide from The Conversation Project supports caregivers and people living with dementia to discuss what matters, enabling the older adult to have a say in their care.

Shared Decision-Making Resources and Treatment Cost Information

FAIR Health’s new web tools help caregivers and older adults make informed care decisions, especially related to serious illness, including "total treatment cost" scenarios for three common conditions

Visit The John A. Hartford Foundation for complete information.