Table 4 Suggestions for enabling community organizations to share ACP with Albertans

Provide educational opportunities for community organizations

“we could use help with having a medical practitioner have a workshop for persons needing to fill out their medical wishes more in depth”

• Seminars, guest speakers, hands-on workshops, lunch-and-learns, one-to-one education

“would like lunch and learns, bring in a speaker”

“provide educators to address issues around power of attorney, personal directives and goals of care”

Provide ACP training for community organization members e.g. train-the-trainer programs

“could train people in our group to speak”

“train-the-trainer would increase [our organization’s] comfort level”

• Print resources (e.g. Green Sleeves, Personal Directives, bookmarks, posters, toolkits, pamphlets, conversation tip sheets)

“having green sleeves available for groups to order”

“personal directive kits”

“having a cheat sheet on things to discuss (e.g. funeral plans, mental illness, incapacity, personal directive)”

• Media resources (e.g. websites/website content, magazine articles, newsletter pieces, videos/movies/TED talks, presentation slide decks)

“series of articles 150–200 words”

“copies of ads for community newsletters/websites”

“powerpoints/usb keys with talks for groups to use”

“having resources (videos)”

“have ads on facebook for people to share”

• Personnel (e.g. speakers, dedicated ACP facilitators, telephone consultants similar to HealthLink consultants)

“provide a list of speakers to community groups”

“have an assigned/educated facilitator/resource person for communities/facilities to access to have the advance care planning conversation”

“have a phone number like health link where people can actually be reached to answer questions”