Webinar

When It Matters Most: Providing Compassionate End-of-Life Care in IDD

About This Webinar

Thanks to quality-of-life improvements and better-quality care, people live longer, which has made conversations about end-of-life care increasingly important. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), navigating advance care planning and end-of-life decisions requires thoughtful, person-centered approaches that honor dignity, preferences, and quality of life.

Access this on-demand webinar to hear Christina Marsack-Topolewski, PhD, LMSW, share what meaningful end-of-life care looks like for people with IDD and how providers, caregivers, and organizations can best support these critical decisions.

You’ll learn:

Key considerations and challenges in end-of-life care for individuals with IDD
The advantages of advance care planning in promoting autonomy, clarity, and quality of care
How to identify and understand resources available to support compassionate, person-centered end-of-life care

Presenter

Christina M. Marsack-Topolewski PhD, LMSW

Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Eastern Michigan University

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