One way to make the conversation easier is to have a facilitator, said one doctor involved in advance care planning at Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
In an ACP discussion, patients are guided to understand, reflect upon, and discuss their goals, values and beliefs. They are also led to indicate their preferences regarding future healthcare treatments.
“But we acknowledge that it is not an easy conversation to have, which is why we have been working really hard on advance care planning services to actually enable and also encourage our Singaporeans to come forward.”One way to make the conversation easier is to have a facilitator, said Dr Adeline Lam, co-lead for Advance Care Planning initiative at Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
“It was a way to hear what mum has to say, but not directly because it's sometimes a little bit difficult for families to talk about this, but with a facilitator, it gets a little bit easier,” she said. Mr Tan and Dr Lam were speaking to CNA’s Singapore Tonight on Thursday , on the back of the International Conference on Advance Care Planning being held here till Saturday. The 8th edition being held here is the first one to be held in Asia.Speaking at the conference on Thursday, Second Minister for Health Masagos Zulkifli echoed what Dr Lam said. Starting to think about completing an ACP should not only be for those more senior in age, but for all, he said.
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