National Healthcare Decision Day (NHDD) (April 16) is quickly approaching. Having trouble coming up with an idea to promote the event in your community? Below is a list of ideas for you to consider:
Healthcare Setting
- Set up tables to educate about and assist with advance directives completion for patients, visitors and staff at your hospital, in health centers and in outpatient clinics
- Set up events in your community at senior centers, elderly housing projects, assisted living to not only bring them information on NHDD but to connect and build relationships
- Host a variety of activities or tables in the hospital lobby. Display a “Before I die” board that can be actively filled out across the day
- Promote NHDD by having an advance care planning promo clip playing across tickers, kiosks, announcements or any other marketing platforms
- Provide in-service education to patients/families and the community in multiple languages
Many Hands Make Light Work
- Collaborate on a series of events with other community stakeholder groups and/or start a regional coalition to offer an event on NHDD at one or several locations
- Reach out to faith-based places of worship to introduce the concept, co-design something together or offer to host a program/event in their space
- Host an annual event for all hospital and skilled nursing facilities within your network- gathering volunteers from each place to plan together
Don’t forget your local or state officials
- Reach out locally or state wide to get your Mayor or Governor to give a Proclamation for NHDD – click here for sample proclamations
- Tap into local, regional, state-wide or national news, social media or internet outlets to promote NHDD
- Promote NHDD on your local Radio Show
- Write op-eds or newspaper articles in your local town or community paper
Promote NHDD to youth on college campuses or through other educational institutes
- Set up a table in a central location on your campus where you can hand out flyers, start discussions and collect e-mails to send out electronic packets of information to students and staff.
Promote NHDD within your own circles
- Tap groups you are already part of and share information through their channels
- Present and share information at your church
- Use your own social media platforms of which you are connected to communicate awareness
- Need ideas? Watch SDAHO’s video used on social media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zJcdV9LRro
- Retweet, share, like, tag others and pass on any content shared by The Conversation Project, @convoproject, @nhdd, National Healthcare Decisions Day
Click here for more ideas and resources.
