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WA: Supporting Clients who Choose Voluntary Stopping Eating & Drinking (VSED) Presented by NASW Washington Chapter
Workshop Description: The NASW policy, Client Self-Determination in End-of-Life Decisions, states “Social workers have an important role in helping individuals identify the end-of-life options available to them. A key value for social workers is client self-determination” (NASW, 2003).
This workshop will provide an in-depth look at one of these end-of-life options: Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED). VSED is often the only option for individuals who are facing imminent decline and suffering and may not qualify for MAID/DwD. It is legal in Washington but not widely talked about. Due to advances in medical technology, rising rates of chronic illness, increasing numbers of elderly and longer life spans, there is a need for social workers in all fields, and particularly those who work in healthcare, with aging adults and geriatric populations, to understand this end-of-life option. Workshop participants will gain in-depth understanding VSED and will learn about resources, including End of Life Washington (EOLWA): a statewide non-profit organization with over 70 volunteers across the state available to collaborate and support clients in end-of-life care planning and decision-making.
Workshop participants will also work through case studies and small group discussions to build skills in end-of-life support scenarios utilizing “NASW Standards for End of Life Care”. End-of-life decision-making includes ethical, religious, cultural, emotional, legal, and policy concerns and concerns individuals’ deepest fears, values, and beliefs. Social workers have training and expertise in working with complicated intersections of individual, family, community, and culture and have important roles as clinicians, educators, researchers, advocates, and community leaders. This workshop will help advance these skills relating to VSED to improve care and support for those facing terminal illness and unacceptable suffering.
Learning Objectives
Describe what VSED is and what the process can look like
Learn how to support individuals through the VSED process in collaboration with End of Life Washington and hospice.
State challenges and limitations in accessing VSED.
Describe how to apply NASW Standards for End of Life Care to VSED.
Discuss how culture and values can complicate end-of-life decision making.
Utilize End of Life Washington resources to ethically support the self-determination of individuals facing terminal illness and unacceptable suffering.
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$25.00
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Non-Member
$40.00
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