#96 Advance Care Planning: making it real with Tara Humphrey

In this episode it is my pleasure to talk with Tara Humphrey, founder and CEO of THC Primary Care. It is a super episode in which we explore why Advance Care Planning is so important to Tara and how to use the model of Getting Your House in Order to guide planning ahead. Our conversation shows how to normalise Advance Care Planning and I am so grateful to Tara for having such an important conversation so publicly.

Key messages from our discussion

• Tara shares the stress that occurred following the death of her parents when plans were

• It makes Tara feel more comfortable having plans in order

• I share the model of Getting Your House in Order with Tara to explore what her Advance Care Planning may look like

• We talk about a Statement of Wishes and Preferences might look like for Tara and how that underpins Advance Care Planning

• We share discussion on an Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment (ADRT) and what that might look like for Tara

• Tara describes the Memory Jar that helps to create a legacy for her family

• We explore Digital Legacy

Resource

• Find out more about Tara’s business THC Primary Care 

• Find out more about Advance Care Planning 

• Find out more about making an Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment: Compassion in Dying 

• Read how I made my ADRT

Bio: 

Tara Humphrey holds an MBA in Healthcare Leadership and Management and is the Founder and CEO of THC Primary Care. Tara is also a leading healthcare communicator who has written over 200 blogs on leadership and management and primary care networks, she is published in the London Journal of Primary Care and hosts the Business of Healthcare Podcast, where she has released over 240 episode