2017 Voices of Medicare Summit - Trends in Living with Advanced Illness

Trends in Living with Advanced Illness
What are the options for individuals with advanced illnesses to take and maintain control of their health care choices? How can we better support the direct care workers upon whom individuals living with advanced illnesses rely upon? This panel will examine the current options, best practices and obstacles to improving care and expanding health care choices for individuals with advanced illness.
What recent policy and legislative successes and challenges affect advance care planning, patients and direct care workers? What are the next steps?
Moderator: Brian Lindberg, Coordinator, Campaign to End Unwanted Medical Treatment
Amy Berman, Senior Program Officer, The John A. Hartford Foundation
Kim Callinan, Chief Program Officer, Compassion & Choices
Leslie Frane, SEIU National Healthcare Director
Charlie Sabatino, Director, ABA Commission on Law and Aging