National Healthcare Decisions Day 2024
National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD), occurring on April 16 each year, exists to inspire, educate and empower the public and providers about the importance of advance care planning.
NHDD, run by The Conversation Project (TCP), is an initiative to encourage patients to express their wishes regarding healthcare and for providers and facilities to respect those wishes, whatever they may be. Advance Care Planning tools and resources are available on TCP's website, including:
- Your Conversation Starter Guide
- What Matters to Me Workbook
- For Caregivers of People with Alzheimer’s or Other Forms of Dementia
- Your Guide to Choosing a Health Care Proxy
- Your Guide for Talking with a Health Care Team
- Videos from The Conversation Project
- Audio Versions of TCP Guides
- A blog on Planning for National Healthcare Decisions Day 2024: 8 Ideas to Spread the Word
Relevant resources from other JAHF grantees and partners related to advance care planning include:
- PREPARE For Your Care is an interactive website serving as a resource for individuals navigating medical decision-making. The PREPARE For THEIR Care program is a resource to help caregivers.
- CAPC video on Talking to the Press about Palliative Care.
- Serious Illness Messaging Toolkit is an online resource for public messaging about care for serious illnesses.
- FAIR Health actionable tools with healthcare cost information for older adults and family caregivers.
- Fast-Forward documentary available on Amazon, related courses and a digital toolkit of resources and master checklist from Next Avenue.
Visit the NHDD website.
Join the movement to promote advance care planning.
Go to TCP's resources for NHDD.
Go to TCP's free conversation starter guides.
Go to TCP's Getting Started Guide for Communities.
Go to the National POLST.