Guardianship Training Videos Offer Education When You Need It

Serving as a guardian comes with important responsibilities, especially when it comes to making or supporting healthcare decisions. Having trusted information available when questions arise can help guardians better understand their role and prepare for conversations with healthcare providers.

SDAHO encourages members to explore the Guardianship Health Care Education resources available through LifeCircle of South Dakota. This online series offers short educational videos and accompanying worksheets covering important topics guardians may encounter when navigating healthcare decisions.

The video series includes:

• Video 1: Informed Decisions

• Video 2: Responsibilities for Working with Healthcare Providers

• Video 3: Advance Directives – Part 1

• Video 3: Advance Directives – Part 2

• Video 4: Life Sustaining Treatment

• Video 5: Artificial Nutrition & Hydration

• Video 6: CPR Decision-Making

To help viewers take the information one step further, several videos include downloadable worksheets and decision-making resources:

• Informed Consent Checklist

• Guardian Responsibilities for Working with Healthcare Providers

• Advance Directives Worksheet

• Ethical and Religious Directives and End-of-Life Interventions and Catholic Teaching

• CPR Decision Aid

The best part? There's no schedule to follow. Guardians, healthcare professionals and others who support patients and families can visit the site and work through the materials on their own time and at their own pace. The resources can also be revisited when a guardian is preparing for a healthcare conversation or has medical questions or concerns.

Whether you work directly with guardians, provide care to individuals under guardianship or simply want another resource to share with patients and families, SDAHO encourages you to bookmark the page and explore the training.

Visit SDAHO LifeCircle Guardianship webpage to watch the videos, download the worksheets and learn more.