Legal and Practical Issues in End-of-Life Planning, Care and Decisions – Advice for Attorneys and Family Members
Category: On Demand
Member Price: $208
Non-Member Price: $260
Areas of Law: Estate Law, For All Attorneys, Health
| NJ CLE: | NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 4.5 hours of total CLE credit, including 1.0 in Ethics (Full Credits Available: NJ Ethics: 1.0, NJ General: 3.5). |
| NY CLE (t&nt): | NY Ethics Non-Transitional: 1.0, NY Professional Practice Transitional: 3.5 |
| PA CLE: | PA Ethics Credit: 0.5, PA Substantive Credit: 2.5
New: No PACLE fee is required for this program. To earn PA CLE credits, a valid PA Bar ID number must be entered into the CLE form provided after attending the program. |
Keynote
Moderator
- Margaret J. Davino, Esq.
- Fox Rothschild LLP, Lawrenceville
Presenters
- Elizabeth Brennan
- Assistant Vice President Post-Acute Care, New Jersey Hospital Association, Princeton
- Helen C. Dodick
- Acting Public Guardian, Office of the Public Guardian for Elderly Adults, Trenton
- M. Hamza Habib, MD, JD, MBA
- Chief Medical Officer, Goals of Care Coalition of New Jersey
- Keith L. Hovey, Esq.
- Health Law Attorney and In-House Counsel, Camden
- Caroline Parpas, MD
- Palliative Medicine At Englewood - Englewood Health Physician Network
- Dr. Gregory Rokosz, DO, JD, FACEP
- Executive Board Chairman, Goals of Care Coalition of New Jersey
Presented in Cooperation with the NJSBA Health Law Section and the Goals of Care Coalition, New Jersey
End-of-life decisions can be gripping and difficult. Join members of the NJSBA Health Law Section and the Goals of Care Coalition, New Jersey for a half-day End of Life Conference that brings together attorneys and medical professionals who will provide you with legal and practical advice for planning for end-of-life decision-making. This conference is perfect for health care attorneys, wills and trust attorneys, general practice attorneys, health care professionals involved with end-of-life care, and anyone who wishes to plan for end-of-life care for themselves or family.
Topics include:
- An overview of the law including:
- How to maximize the chance that your wishes will be followed at the end of life – advance directives and Physicians Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)
- What happens when someone can’t make their own medical decisions
- The law on advance directives and POLST orders whereby someone has their doctor write advance orders specifying the types of medical treatment they want to receive during serious illness
- Organ donation and the difference between brain death and cardiac death - Video regarding advanced directives with moderated discussion
- Medical guardianships and the ombudsman/public guardian role
- Ethics committees and their role if a patient’s family wants more care than recommended by a hospital, disagreements between family members as to care, decision-making for patients with no family, etc.
Program Agenda:
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9:00 | Introduction of Program, Goals and Content - Margaret J. Davino, Esq.
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9:05 | What is the Law Governing End of Life Issues? - Margaret J. Davino, Esq.
- Who can make decisions if someone is not able to make decisions for themselves
- Advance directives
- Brain death and cardiac death
- Removal from life support
- Organ donation -
10:00 | The Conversation with Loved Ones and Health Care Professionals - Elizabeth Brennan, New Jersey Hospital Association
Discussions with loved ones and health care professionals is an essential step in advance directive planning to ensure that your health care wishes are documented, understood, and respected. This session will feature a video followed by facilitated discussion on the importance of these difficult conversations and how to make them easier. -
10:30 | Break
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10:40 | When the Family Can’t Make Decisions – The Role of the Public Guardian - Helen C. Dodick, Acting Public Guardian
What happens if the family cannot make decisions? This segment will discuss the role of the public guardian and how their decision-making works, including how they apply New Jersey law to their situations. -
11:30 | POLST – Physicians Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment and Advance Directives - M. Hamzah Habib, MD, JD, MBA, Goals of Care Coalition
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12:00 | What Happens with the Most Difficult Cases: Ethics Committee Issues and Resolution – Dr. Gregory Rokosz, DO, JD, FACEP; Keith L. Hovey, Esq. and Caroline Parpas
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12:50 | Answers to Your Questions
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1:00 | Adjourn