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Decision Making Capacity

Assessment of Capacity to Consent to Treatment (ACCT) Interview (PDF)
Four Consent Abilities, Definitions and Suggested questions for assessment (DOCX)
Health Care Concerns: Potential Questions To Add To a Clinical Interview (DOCX)
Health Values Interview Page (DOCX)
Assessment of the Capacity to Consent to Treatment (ACCT) Administration and Technical Manual (PDF)
Empirical advances in the assessment of the capacity to consent to medical treatment: Clinical implications and research needs (PDF)
Assessment of Capacity to Consent to Treatment: Challenges, the “ACCT” Approach, Future Directions (PDF)
Capacity to Consent to Medical Treatment (PDF)
Assessment of Capacity to Consent to Treatment: Challenges, the “ACCT” Approach, Future Directions (PDF)
Evaluation of the Capacity to Appoint a Healthcare Proxy (PDF)
Handout: Capacity to Appoint a Health Care Agent (PDF)

Skill Based Capacities

Incapacitated, Socially Isolated Veterans In Need of Surrogates (“Unbefriended”) (PDF)
Financial Capacity, Financial Exploitation, and Undue Influence (PDF)
Capacity and Fitness to Drive a Motor Vehicle (PDF)
Independent Living Concerns: Potential Questions to Add to a Clinical Interview (PDF)
Everyday Capacity Challenges in Community Living Centers and Home-Based Primary Care (PDF)
Assessment of the Capacity to Live Independently (PDF)
Decision Making Capacity and Ethical Issues in Aging Webinar (PDF)
Ethical Concerns and Procedural Pathways for Patients Who are Incapacitated and Alone: Implications from a Qualitative Study for Advancing Ethical Practice (PDF)
Making End-Of-Life Care Decisions for Older Adults Subject to Guardianship (PDF)
Capacity Evaluation Worksheet (PDF)
Preserving Rights for Individuals Facing Guardianship (PDF)
Using the CURE Mnemonic to Determine Level of Assessment in Capacity Evaluations (PDF)
Theoretical Frameworks For Competency In Cognitively Impaired Elderly Adults (PDF)
Capacity 101 Handouts (PDF)
Assessment of Capacity in an Aging Society (PDF)
Assessment of Decision-Making Capacity in Older Adults: An Emerging Area of Practice and Research (PDF)
Decision Making Capacity and Ethical Issues in Aging Webinar (PDF)
Incapacitated, Socially Isolated Veterans In Need of Surrogates (“Unbefriended”) (PDF)
All Capacity Handouts, Mar. 21, 2019 (PDF)

My Life, My Story

Implementation Guides

VA Boston My Life My Story Implementation Guide: Faculty version (PDF)
VA Boston My Life My Story Implementation Guide: Trainee version (PDF)

Manuscripts

 

The My Life My Story Program Sustained Impact of Veterans Personal Narratives on Healthcare Providers 5 Years After Implementation (PDF)
My Life My Story Teaching PCC Work Older Adults Nathan 2019 (PDF)
Life Stories to Connect Veterans and Providers 2015 (PDF)
My Life My Story; Medical Student Curricula MedEdPortal-2022 (PDF)
My Life My Story; Keeping Medical Students and Veterans Socially Connected While Physically Distanced; FedPract2021 (PDF)
What Do You Want Us To Know-JPtExp-2022 (PDF)
My Life My Story; and Identity Disclosure among Transgender and Gender Diverse Veterans- A Program Evaluation. Correro et al. 2021 (PDF)
Program Evaluation of My Life My Story Virtual Storytelling in the COVID 19 Age-ClinicalGeron2021 (PDF)

Book Chapter

My Life, My Story: A Narrative Life History Activity to Humanize the Veteran Patient Experience (PDF)

Whole Health Training

Handouts and Test Materials

Behavior Change Project: The personal health of a medical provider plays an important role in his/her patient encounters. (PDF)
Whole Health Pre-Rotation Self-Efficacy Questionnaire. (PDF)
Whole Health Pre/Post Clinical Vignettes Assessment. (PDF)
Whole Health Post-Rotation Self-Efficacy Questionnaire. (PDF)

Syllabus Materials

Health Behavior Change Principles and Self-Modification Project. (PDF)
Introduction To Culinary Medicine/Chef Coaching 1 and Culinary Medicine For You (Self-Care And Clinical Tools)/Chef Coaching 2. (PDF)
Exercise Prescription. (PDF)
Experiential Coaching. (PDF)
Health Coaching Conversations: The Key To Therapeutic Lifestyle Change (TLC). (PDF)
Mindfulness And Whole Health Group. (PDF)
Food and Nutrition in Health and Well-being. (PDF)
Introduction to Whole Health Assessment and Motivational Interviewing. (PDF)
Complementary Integrative Health (CIH) Experience. (PDF)
Burnout. (PDF)

Grand Rounds

October 27, 2021 - CPGs EBP With Diverse Populations (PDF)

Newsletter

2017

Faculty Highlight - Dr. David Topor (PDF)
Harvard Multicampus Geriatrics Fellowship (PDF)
November FFF Development Presentation (PDF)
VA-Boston Education Office Launches New Website (PDF)

2018

Academic-Highlights (PDF)
Excellence in Education Award (PDF)
Interning at the VA as a Social-Worker (PDF)
Physician-Assistant Training Program - VA Boston (PDF)
Speech Language Fellowship Program Description (PDF)

2019

Chillicothe VA Grant (PDF)
Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) (PDF)
Education-Award (PDF)
Physical-Therapy Residency Program (PDF)

2020

The Geri-Renal Clinic (PDF)
VA Boston Healthcare System Excellence in Education Award (PDF)
VA Boston Social Work Internship in Neurology (PDF)
What I learned by participating in the My Life My Story Program (PDF)

2021

Dr Breu wins Boston Healthcare System Excellence in Education Award (PDF)
My experience as a Social Work Intern at the VA (PDF)
My experience as a VA Boston social work trainee (PDF)
Social work training at VA Boston (PDF)
VA Boston awarded Health Professions Education, Evaluation, and Research Fellowship (PDF)

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