Get Certified in Creating Advance Directives

Raising the Bar for Advance Health Care Planning

Joining this two-part certification will not only teach you all you need to know about guiding people through creating their end of life plan but also how to create The Empowered End of Life Experience™ for all.

You’ll learn how to guide people through end-of-life considerations, taking into account their beliefs, values, and so much more, while also learning what it takes to properly document their plans, share them with the appropriate parties, and support open discussion around their decisions. With discounted access to the Empowered Endings Planning Platform, powered by Thanacare, you’ll gain hands-on experience guiding clients through the step-by-step process – raising the bar for advance health care planning along the way.

Why the Empowered Endings™ Planning Platform, powered by Thanacare?

This HIPAA-compliant platform will take your clients’ advanced healthcare directives to the next level. It provides you and your clients with a safe and secure platform to document end of life preferences, ensuring the medical team and health care agents are informed.

The platform has been custom built to reflect the Empowered Endings approach to create the most comprehensive and accessible advance healthcare directive possible. This includes:

• On-demand access to a customized step-by-step process to document advance health care directives covering values, healthcare wishes, end of life options (including MAiD and VSED), dementia and cognitive decline, as well as after-death care;
• The option to create and store video wishes to support the directives;
• The ability to safely and securely store and share documents, videos, and related information via QR Codes and email.

By using the Empowered Endings™ Planning Platform, powered by Thanacare, you go beyond the standard health care directive, enabling your clients to clearly document specific wishes and make them accessible no matter where or when they are needed.

Benefits of a Complete Certification

You’ll help to increase access to advance health care planning across all demographics and improve the way we all approach end of life care.

Through this program, you’ll gain a clear understanding of:

• What end of life planning includes and why it is so critically important for every adult to have one in place;
• What role you play in guiding and supporting clients in end of life planning, and why it’s helpful;
• The importance of defining quality of life and how to support clients in determining what theirs looks like;
• What considerations need to be discussed and decided on throughout the planning process;
• A basic understanding of end of life options and other key medical decisions;
• How to Guide your clients and support them in making decisions about their care;
• How to use the Empowered Endings™ Planning Platform, powered by Thanacare;
• How you can support and facilitate discussion around decisions; 
• How to empower individuals in communicating plans with their loved ones.

What’s Included in the Two-Part Certification?

Level One: Creating The Empowered End of Life Experience™

Learn the Empowered Endings approach to creating comprehensive and personalized advance directives.

This level introduces you to End of Life Planning and walks you through your role as a Guide who helps others create their advance health care directives using the robust and personalized Empowered Endings approach to end of life planning. The program covers the essential considerations and decisions you should support your clients through and how these can help to create a comprehensive plan. You’ll learn what it takes to document end of life preferences and specific wishes, including their preferences around legal end of life options, dementia, and even record video wishes to support these decisions.

It is self-paced, so you can move through it at your own speed. It includes the following:

• Six Pre-recorded Video Lessons: Teaching guides how to support clients in end of life planning using the Empowered Endings™ approach.
• Guidebook: A robust PDF guide that walks through the entire end of life planning process using the Empowered Endings™ approach.
• Client End of Life Planning Workbook: A supportive PDF workbook for clients to help them prepare and consider what they would like to include in their plan.
• Links to Additional Resources: Tools and resources to reference for additional insights and support for you and your clients.
• Level One Certificate of Completion: Following quiz to certify you understand the comprehensive personalized process.

Completing this program will result in a Certificate of Completion for Level One: Creating Empowered End of Life Plans and fulfill the Level Two Prerequisite.

Level Two: Elevating Advance Health Care Directives with Confidence

Learn how to confidently guide clients through the advance directives process using the Empowered Endings™ Planning Platform, powered by Thanacare.

You have the option to continue your Certification, transitioning from learning to practice by utilizing the Empowered Endings Planning Platform, powered by Thanacare. This immersive experience is essential for developing skills as a Guide as you’ll get familiar with the Empowered Endings Planning Platform and apply your knowledge in real-world situations. 

Level Two is where you’ll gain discounted Access to the Empowered Endings Planning Platform, Powered by Thanacare. This safe and secure, HIPAA-compliant platform allows you as a Guide to document and easily share your client’s End of Life preferences using QR codes that make those plans available anywhere at any time This process helps you ensure their care preferences are communicated and honored even when they can’t express them themselves.

With this certification you’ll also gain access to updated materials, and a private online discussion space where you can connect with other Guides, ask questions, and request support from the Empowered Endings team.

Level two includes the following:

• Discounted access to the Empowered Endings™ Planning Platform, powered by Thanacare: A safe and secure, HIPAA-compliant platform to document and share client’s End of Life preferences via email and QR codes.
  
• The App User Guide: Provides the technical guidance you need to make the most of the platform, helping you confidently create personalized plans, advance health care directives, and securely share information with clients and their loved ones.
• Access to a Discussion Forum and the Most up-to-date Materials: To reference and use as needed when questions arise or additional information is desired.
• Level Two Certificate of Completion: A certificate of completion documenting your comprehension of the program material.

JOIN THE CERTIFICATION TODAY AT NO COST

Ready to Make a Difference?

Sign up today to earn your certification for Empowered Endings™ End of Life Planning to start monetizing your services while providing the meaningful, personalized support your clients deserve. 

It’s time to take the next step in shaping the future of end of life care—because every plan you help create is a gift of clarity, dignity, and peace.