Forwarded with permission of Dr. Weed as posted in 2007.
From: Roger Weed [
rweed@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 7:14 PM
To: '
lcpforum@careplanners.net'
Subject: RE: [LCP Forum Mailing List] CNLCP ARTICLE Kelly Lance RN
First, I am sending this message NOT in the role of Chair of the ethics
committee for IALCP, nor board member of FLCPR, nor as a GSU professor.
With regard to the statement (“..founder of … the profession of Nurse Life
Care Planning”), some clarification may be reasonable.
Several months ago, multiple people contacted me with regard to the
statement above found in postings and ads in various forms of wording. I
wrote a letter in February, 2007 to Kelly, who I understand wrote the
statement, and urged her to be more fair and accurate in her
representations. Although at least one correction was made to more fairly
reflect the information, based on the recent post below and the Kelynco
website, it seems there are still representations that do not appear to
include the whole picture. For those on the listserv who may not be as
familiar with this part of LCPing history, a few comments:
Paul Deutsch was the first rehabilitation professional to formally teach
“life care planning” to nurses in the mid 1980s. He is considered the
"founder" of the “life care planning” process and was the first one to
publish (with Fred Raffa) on the topic in the early 1980s.
Susan Riddick-Grisham was the first nurse to formally teach other nurses
an organized series of life care planning classes when she was hired by
Crawford & Company in the early 1990s. It may be obvious, but she
underwent specific life care planning training prior to teaching the
methodology to others. She was also the only nurse to help develop the
original nationwide training program curriculum launched by the
Rehabilitation Training Institute (which later became Intelicus).
Patti McCollom was the first nurse to start an organization specific for
nurses and life care planning in the mid 1990s when she founded the
American Academy of Nurse Life Care Planners. Under Patti's direction and
at the urging of others, the organization was expanded to include life
care planners from disciplines including and outside of nursing (i.e.,
multidisciplinary) and is now known as the International Academy of Life
Care Planners. Most on this list serve probably know that she orchestrated
a move of the organization to the IARP umbrella before succumbing to
cancer.
With regard to life care planning credentials, Bob May was the first to
offer nurses a certification opportunity.
And, of course, there are many nurses who have been involved in life care
planning since the mid 1980s.
All of the above predated the American Association of Nurse Life Care
Planners organization.
Certainly credit should be given to Kelly for beginning the nurses’ only
organization and nurse’s only certification.
In the spirit of giving credit to the pioneers and visionaries,
respectfully submitted,
Roger
Roger O. Weed, Ph.D., CRC, LPC, CLCP, CCM, CDMS, FIALCP
Personal:
rweed@bellsouth.net
University:
rweed@gsu.edu
From: Rebecca Busch
To: Tony Choppa
Date: 01/10/2013 12:50 PM
Subject: [IARP IALCP] : RE: International Symposium on Life Care
Planning Sept. 2013
http://www.kelynco.com/services.asp
Hello - a quick question.....
I entered the life care planning world via Patty Mccullom. She was
awesome
and do not really have a strong mentor to get advice from.
I was given your name via AALNC. I am curious to know if the above is
true?
Was Kelly a founder of the professional of Nurse life care planning?
Was she a founder of AANLCP?
Thanks?
Original Message-----
From: Carl Wangman [mailto:noreply@egroups.rehabpro.org]
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 2:42 PM
To: Rebecca Busch [MBA]
Subject: [IARP IALCP]: International Symposium on Life Care Planning Sept.
2013
This message has been cross posted to the following Discussions: IALCP
Section Board and IALCP .
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Happy New Year to All Life Care Planners, On behalf of the 2013 ISLCP
Education Committee, I am sending this email to ask for your input. We
are
looking forward to seeing you at this year's International Symposium on
Life Care Planning in Atlanta, Georgia, at the beautiful
InterContinental
Hotel on September 28-29, 2013 with pre-conference programs on the 26th
and
27th. Mark your calendars now and make plans to attend! Please visit
www.islcp.org .
Last year's ISLCP brought James J. Mangraviti, Jr. Esq. of SEAK to do a
day
long pre-conference program on "How to be an Effective Life Care Planner
Expert Witness." The overwhelming response was so favorable that we have
successfully arranged to bring Jim back for another day long program that
will be customized to address the unique issues you face each day. To
help
serve your needs, we are asking for your suggestions to guide the content
of
this unique program, called "SEAK 2."
Would you take a minute to tell us what you would like included in this
day
long pre-conference? Some have suggested we include a discussion focused
on
how to deal with a Daubert challenge. Please give us your feedback. Would
this be useful? What other areas would you like included? You are free to
offer your feedback using the IARP Connect Discussion Group or if you
would
like to send them directly to me my email is sgrisham@comcast.net . We
look forward to your comments.
Many thanks,
Susan
Susan Riddick-Grisham
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Carl Wangman, CAE
Executive Director
carlw@tcag.com
Glenview, IL United States
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