Webinar:
The Basics About Advance Health Care Directives

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Many people with mental health disabilities do not know they have the right to an Advance Health Care Directive. An Advance Health Care Directive can help you make treatment choices and express your health care wishes before you experience a crisis when you may not be able to make these decisions yourself.

Learn the basics about Advance Health Care Directives. Learn about how to start the conversation with medical professionals and your loved ones about the treatment choices you want in the event you are unable to make decisions for yourself.

*This training is presented from a peer perspective by people who have lived experience with mental health disabilities.

Live Caption and ASL Interpreter will be Available.

About the webinar:

Making your wishes known with an Advance Health Care Directive before you experience a crisis can help your doctors and loved ones know what choices to make in case you are unable to speak for yourself. It is an opportunity when you are feeling well to voice and specify what types of treatment you choose to receive during a crisis before it happens.

Please join us as we discuss:

• What is an Advance Health Care Directive?
• The benefits of having an Advance Health Care Directive
• What are the two types of Advance directives?
• What health care choices can you make?
• What does it mean to have an Agent?
• What will a Doctor do with your Advance Health Care Directive?

Speaker:

Jode Keasler (she/her/hers), is a Peer Self-Advocacy Coordinator with the (PSA) Unit at Disability Rights California (DRC). She has lived experience with mental health disabilities. Jode is aware of the challenges and stigma one faces navigating the world having disabilities. She has not always been comfortable speaking about her experiences. Working in the Peer Self-Advocacy Program, she sees the importance of educating people with lived experience and those close to them about their rights and how to advocate for themselves.

For 8 years, Jode has been a Patients’ Rights Advocate working for the California Office of Patients’ Rights (COPR), specializing in advocating for the rights of patients with mental health disabilities at state hospitals. Prior to starting her career with DRC, Jode was in the field of finance management.

Jode feels giving people with disabilities a voice along with the tools necessary to use their voice to self-advocate and get the assistance they need is some of the most rewarding work she has done and continues to do.