Abstract
Despite their interest in completing advance directives (ADs), persons experiencing homeless-ness (PEH) appear to have fewer surrogate decision-makers and limited opportunities for ad-vance care planning (ACP). Nursing students and faculty, a hospital bioethicist, and social ser-vice agency staff formed a community-academic partnership that helps PEH complete advance directives. This unique service-learning opportunity offers a model for assisting vulnerable pop-ulations with advance care planning. Model effectiveness and limitations are described from each partner’s perspective in their own words.
Recommended Citation
Nash, Woods; Mixer, Sandra J.; McArthur, Polly M.; Mendola, Annette; Jackson, Kylie; Darlington, Caroline; Spangler, Bruce; Pressley, Merrell; and Conley, Erin
(2018)
"Helping Persons Experiencing Homelessness Complete Advance Directives: A Model for Service Learning within a Community-Academic Partnership,"
Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education: Vol. 10:
Iss.
2, Article 6.
Available at:
https://scholars.indianastate.edu/jcehe/vol10/iss2/6
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