As we wrap up 2024, it’s a perfect moment for introspection. We deeply appreciate the insights we’ve gained from you—individuals and communities who have generously shared their experiences with advance care planning discussions. Throughout the year, we’ve created and contributed to various resources and materials aimed at fostering these important conversations within your personal, social, and community networks. Below, you’ll find a compilation of these valuable tools, shaped by the lessons learned from your input.
We include some of our audience favorites of 2024. What were your favorites? What would you like to see in 2025? Please share in the comments section at the end!
Most read 2024 blogs of the year: Personal stories and insights about care through end of life
- How to Talk to Your Employer About Your Caregiving Responsibilities
- Laughing in the Face of Death: Joy as Coping Mechanism
- Breaking the Silence: Conversations on How to Navigate Care Through the End of Life with Latine Families
- How you Want to Live Through the Rest of Your Life: Queering Cancer’s Q&A with The Conversation Project
Most read blogs of the year: Old favorites
- 10 Must Reads About Death and End-Of-Life Care
- 10 Fun Games to Help You Talk About End-of-Life Care
- Ten Best Quotes From Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
- With Dementia, More is Needed than a Boilerplate Advance Directive
- 12 Additional Must Read Books About Death and End-of-Life Care
- Three Ideas for Solo Agers to Keep in Mind
New or updated resource compilations in 2024
- 5 Actions to Take Across November to Support your Personal, Social, or Community Circles
- 25 Podcasts About End-of-Life Care
- International “What Matters to You?” Day 2024
- 16 Moving Stories for Mother’s Day
- 6 Tips for Conversations with Someone in the Early Stages of Alzheimer’s or Other Forms of Dementia
- Planning for National Healthcare Decisions Day 2024: 8 Ideas to Spread the Word
- Planning for National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD): Top 5 FAQs
New and updated TCP resources in 2024
- Communications Toolkits: Ready-made messages and visuals for newsletters, social media, emails, flyers, etc. based on themes (adaptable as you wish, with suggested timeframes)
- Supporting Self (Timeframe: December-January)
- Planning Ahead and Making Your Wishes Known Toolkit (Timeframe: February-March)
- Communications Toolkit for Promoting NHDD (Timeframe: April)
- Supporting Moms, Dads, Grads Toolkit (Timeframe: May-June)
- Conversations on the Go – Summertime Travel (Timeframe: July-August)
- Supporting Others (with an eye towards caregivers) (Timeframe: September-November)
- New Spanish Video: Quién Hablará Por Ti? (Who will Speak for You?) – thanks to Hospice of the Valley in Central Arizona
- New: Several Guides Now in Portuguese
- What is National Healthcare Decisions Day and How Can I Participate?
- Revamped NHDD Spread the Word: Resources for Getting Started page for ideas and free resources.
- My Health Checklist Get the most out of your next medical appointment (for older adults and caregivers).
New TCP-specific podcasts and sampling of articles featuring TCP content in 2024
- Life Happens: Challenging Conversations with Seniors podcast with host Kim Hegwood, featuring The Conversation Project’s Kate DeBartolo
- VIDEO podcast: Dr. G at the Heart of Healthcare Season 2 Premier #NHDD2024 via Mourning Dove Medical
- When & Where for Senior Care Podcast: The Conversation Project via KFGO Partners and Serenity Assisted Living and Memory Care.
- National Health Care Decisions Day 2024: As Certain as Death and Taxes – editorial via Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing
- Goals-of-Care Discussions: Is Your Team Conversation Ready? via Caring for the Ages
- UAB experts explain why advance care planning is important and how to get started via The University of Alabama News
- Advance Directives – The Basics and Why Everyone Needs One via The American Bar Association
Popular recordings and community calls in 2024
- Improve how you reach and change public perceptions of advance care planning recording, & slides
- National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD) 2024: call recording & slides
- Getting started with The Conversation Project (TCP): Orientation to TCP resources and common questions: 30-minute recorded session
- Community planning 101: 35-minute recorded session
- Speaker training: 45-minute recorded session
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