The patient as an active party in the palliative care

This exercise comprises two separate Activities.

• Activity 1 “How independent is Chris in the hospice” is in the format of a quiz. The AAWID should read a story and then answer three questions with three possible answers each. This exercise ranges over the level of independence of hospice-services users and allows to educator to check the level of understanding of AAWID concerning independent living in the context of resident care.
• Activity 2 “My concerns about palliative care” aims to provoke AAWID to share his main concerns about this type of care. For this purpose, it has been developed 6 cards containing one of the most popular concerns of future palliative care patients.

Steps:

1. AAAWID should choose the cards that cover his own concerns.
2. Then discuss them together with the educator one by one. The educator should reflect together with the AAWID on each card expressing the specific concern.

The key points should be addressed and they should find together arguments to support or decline the concern.

After the person has chosen his cards, the educator should reflect together with the AAWID on each card expressing the specific concern. The key points should be addressed and they should find together arguments to support or decline the concern. The suggestions for questions for reflection are provided below. The educator may use them or create his own questions to meet the needs of the individual person.

• What are the reasons for your concern?
• Do you need more information about this?
• Who may give you this information?