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What to Know and How to Move Forward: Advance Care Planning for Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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What to Know and How to Move Forward: Advance Care Planning for Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are often forgotten when it comes to conversation, planning, and services in adulthood. COVID-19 provided a wakeup call for professionals, family caregivers, and broader caregiving networks to support individuals with IDD in planning for life for when their health changes and for their final days. This 3-hour course will provide a framework for understanding the multi-faceted nature of advance care planning, barriers to advance care planning, and reasons for advance care planning to support individuals with IDD. The number of older adults with IDD continues to increase; therefore, it is essential to carve out time to support individuals with IDD and their caregivers to plan for the future. This course will provide practical information to integrate advance care planning in work that is already being done to best meet the needs of adults with IDD throughout the life course.

Course Objectives

Identify the dimensions of advance care planning.

Recognize the benefits of advance care planning for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Describe factors to consider when planning for an individual�s long-term needs.

Topic(s)

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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