4th Edition Available – Resource Workbook, Visual Tools and Conversation Guide

WORKBOOK AVAILABLE ONLY BY CONTACTING VIKI DIRECTLY

I am excited to let you know the 4th edition which has 12 new pages of uniquely designed visual conversation tools is now available.  It includes articles, worksheets and templates  you can copy and share to help with issues such as evaluating danger, making challenging medical decisions, managing caregiver burnout, and communicating your end-of-life wishes. – Order here or email Viki directly.   Resource Workbook, Conversation Guide and Visual Toolkit   135 pages (8½ x 11)
Usually $40 – SPECIAL: $34.95 plus sales tax and shipping

       Table of Contents

• Section 1: Medical Decision Making Tools
  
• Crisis Planning Worksheet for Urgent Decision Making
• Quick Tips for Crisis Decision Making
• Drawing an Outcome Roadmap Article and Diagram
• Recovery is Not a Straight Line – Managing Expectations
• Weighing the Options – Risks, Benefits and Burdens
• Weighing the Options Exercise
• Is the Patient Willing to Endure the Burdens to Get the Benefits?
• Double Weighing the Options Exercise
• Combining an Option Roadmap with the Risks, Benefits and Burdens When Discussing the Alternatives Article and Diagram
• Two-Hand Test for Medical Decision Making
• Two-Hand Test for Medical Decisions Making Diagram
• Evaluating Medical Options Through Three Lenses
• Evaluating Medical Options Through Three Lenses Diagram
• Sliding Scale for Acceptability: Where are the Patient’s Boundaries?
• Sliding Scale for Acceptability Exercise
• Evaluating Treatment Options When You Know the Patient’s Long Term Goals Article
• Evaluating Treatment Options When You Know the Patient’s Long Term Goals Algorithm
• Four Boxes Motivation Article and Exercise – Exploring Why thePa tient Isn’t Following Your Treatment Plan
• 5-Step Process to Help the Person Get Out of Denial
• Questions to Ask When Making Medical Decisions
• 6 Tips to Improve Communication with Your Doctor
• Getting Ready for Your Doctor’s Appointment
• Section 2:  Evaluating Danger and Risk Tools        
• Can the Person Connect the Dots?
• Evaluating Danger and Risk When Making Decisions
• Evaluating Risk for Those Without Capacity Diagram
• Evaluating the Dangers Worksheet
• Solutions to Creating a Restraint-Free Life        
• Section 3:  Caregiver Conversation and Support Tools    
• Are You Care-grieving?
• The Ladder Diagram – The Caregivers Needs Count Too!
• Using the Ladder Diagram
• How is Your Relationship Now That Illness is a Part of Your Lives?
• Viki Kind’s 4-Step Process for Asking For and Accepting Help
• 4-Step Process for Asking For and Accepting Help Worksheet
• Caregivers and Guilt
• How to Say “No” Handout
• Section 4:  End-of-Life Conversation Tools      
• Insider’s Guide to Filling Out Your Advance Healthcare Directive
• Quick Tips for Filling Out Your Advance Directive
• Quality of Life Statement Template
• Viki’s Quality of Life Statement
• Guidance for My Decision(s) Maker
• What I Want My Doctor to Know About My Faith and/or Culture
• Having My Doctor Review My Advance Directive
• 5 Quick Tips for Making the CPR vs. DNR Decision
• Avoiding the Pitfalls in CPR vs. DNR Decision Making   
• Recommended Books and Additional Resources   
• Acknowledgements