Table 2.

Topics for Educational Webinars

Clinical stages of dementia

Common complications in dementia (e.g. infections, swallowing difficulties, and weight loss)

Challenges with prognostication

Identifying specific decisions that many families are asked to make during the course of dementia

Roles and expectations of the surrogate decision maker

Working with multiple surrogate decision makers

Assisting surrogate decision makers to discuss and make difficult decisions

Effective ways to introduce a goals of care conversation to surrogate decision makers

Using the Pleasant Events Schedule to guide a goals of care conversation

How to talk with surrogate decision makers about life-sustaining treatment therapies

Discussing the risks and benefits of tube feeding and IV fluids in residents with dementia

Roles of interdisciplinary team members in care planning around daily preferences

Discussing the risks and benefits of hospitalization for residents with dementia

Discussing antibiotic use for residents with dementia

Dealing with conflict when surrogates and staff don’t agree about the goals of care

Discussing the risks and benefits of CPR for residents with dementia

Comfort Care: What does it mean and how do we deliver it to residents with dementia?

Other (Specify)