Te Whatu Ora presents Te Tiri Whakāro: Sharing Knowledge, a webinar series to support primary care.
This webinar is about the ins and outs of organ donation and some practical tips on Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA).
- The national strategy for Assisted Dying Donation (ADD). ADD is legal in Aotearoa, NZ, where we are the seventh country to have supported patients and their whānau's wishes to donate their organs and tissues after an assisted death. Dr Kim Grayson will be talking about assisted dying, organ donation and organ donation after assisted dying.
- EPA is a legal document where your patient, whilst mentally capable, gives someone else the power to act for them if they become “mentally incapable” and lose the ability to make significant decisions for themselves. Your clinical opinion can provide useful information to inform whether the certifying witness for an EPA can be satisfied that your patient has the capacity to make an EPA. Dr Ngaire Kerse covers what you need to do, including what to cover in a letter.
- Clinical Updates with Dr Sue Tutty.
As always, we will answer as many questions as possible during this session.
Presenter
Kim Grayson
Kim is a South African ICU Specialist working in the wonderful Wellington ICU. She also works as an Organ Donation Specialist for Organ Donation New Zealand and the New Zealand Blood Service. She is passionate about good end-of-life care, equity and the well-being of healthcare professionals. She is mum to a mini menagerie of girls and animals and loves walking, reading, cooking and watching dodgy action movies with her husband.
Presenter
Ngaire Kerse
Ngaire Kerse is a GP in Auckland, Joyce Cook Chair in Ageing Well and Professor of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Auckland.
Ngaire is a member of expert advisory and steering groups for the Health and Quality Safety Commission on preventing harm from falls, the Ministry of Health on comprehensive assessment techniques and the roll-out of the InterRAI. She leads the AWESSoM National Sci4ence Challenge Ageing Well programme and works as a GP at the Auckland City Mission.
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