October 2, 2024 Webinar Information

Ethical and Legal Issues in Making Decisions for Older Persons Who Lack Decision-Making Capacity

Webinar Description

Back by popular demand, WVNEC is offering a webinar on common questions asked about interpreting and applying advance directives and POST form orders. They were called into the Center for End-of-Life Care/West Virginia Network of Ethics Committees 800 number, 877-209-8086. They pertain to 1) making decisions with the Medical Power of Attorney (MPOA) representatives when there is conflict between them in what they think should be done; 2) what to do when  the MPOA representative/surrogate is not authorized to change the POST form, but the patient’s condition has significantly deteriorated; and 3) to what extent can a POST form be modified after its completion when all parties present at the time of completion are not readily available.

Also, this webinar will respond to questions from participants regarding challenges they have faced in knowing how to implement advance directives and/or POST orders for a patient who has lost decision-making capacity.

Panelists

The panelists for the webinar are Stacie Honaker, Esq, the Risk Manager and Privacy Officer for the WVU Health Sciences Center and ex-officio member of the WVNEC Advisory Committee, and Alvin H. Moss, MD, a Professor of Medicine, and Executive Director of WVNEC. They will discuss these issues and more during the webinar. Please attend, chat in your questions and comments, and learn answers to your questions and those of others.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of the session, participants should be able to:

• Describe a process to address ethical and legal issues that arise in the interpretation and implementation of advance directives and medical orders in patients who have lost decision-making capacity;
• Cite West Virginia healthcare law relevant to cases involving ethical conflict; and
• Apply an ethics process and relevant healthcare law to resolve cases involving conflict.

Continuing Education Credits

Jointly provided by West Virginia Geriatrics Education Center,
CAMC Institute and West Virginia Network of Ethics Committees

ACCREDITATION
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by The West Virginia Geriatrics Education Center and CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine. CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physicians - CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine’s CME program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.  CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category I credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.

Pharmacy – The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This knowledge-based RSS activity provides 1.0 contact Hours UAN JA0006133-9999-24-054-L04-P to receive credit participants must complete the sign-in sheet, attend each session, and complete an evaluation. ACPE credits will be posted to the CPE Monitor within six (6) weeks following the activity.

Nurses- The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This offering has been approved for 1 contact hours. Expiration date is 2 years from the course date JA00026-26-23-637

Social Work- CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is an approved provider of continuing education by the West Virginia Board of Social Work Examiners. This program has been approved for 1 hour of social work credit. Approval number #490045.