Coda Alliance : What Coda Does

To fulfill our vision we:

Partner with various healthcare and faith based organizations and individuals that are interested in improving end of life care
Help individuals and families discuss their values and goals for what it means to "live well" at the end of their lives, using Coda's Go Wish card game and Joanne Lynne's book, Handbook for Mortals.
Provide assistance on how to complete an advance health care directive
Serve as a web-based information and education resource for the community on end of life concerns. (Click on Online Education in the left bar under our logo.)
Promote end of life conversations through community education, outreach and dialogue

Services

We have copies of Handbook for Mortals for sale.
We can scan your advance health care directive onto a business card-sized CD-ROM so you an carry it in your wallet, right next to your drivers license.

For more information, contact Coda Alliance.

Previously Funded Services:

Trainings

Respecting Choices (Two-day Advance Care Planning Facilitators' Training) A training series on advance care planning facilitation skills for professionals or volunteeers. These trainings are funded in part by a special certificate from Rallying Points, a Robert-Wood-Johnson sponsored national initiative for community-based efforts in improving end-of-life care.

Helping People Prepare: (Group-leader training program) We recruit volunteer community members for training to lead and facilitate interactive discussions with community groups on how to "break the ice" and begin conversations about end-of-life care.

Facilitated Discussions

Talking It Over: (Discussion Groups) We provide trained facilitators for local discussion groups. We are actively seeking community groups (clubs, faith communities, support groups, etc.) to schedule and assemble discussion groups to "break the ice" and begin talking about end-of-life care at the grass-roots level in the community.

Volunteer Advance Care Planning Facilitators are available by appointment

Speakers

Coda Alliance affiliates are available for speaking engagements on a variety of topics (advance care planning, pain control, legal and ethical issues, hospice care, communication with family and with physicians, and other topics) for a variety of audiences (service clubs, clergy, book-discussion groups, faith communities, etc.)

For more information, contact Coda Alliance.

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