Deborah Ringen MSN, RN-BC and Attorney Jeannine Lewis will present an interactive seminar to explore the process of completing an Advance Healthcare Directive on February 21st at 1:00pm. . Come learn how to express your wishes for care legally, so loved ones will know they are helping in the best way possible if you can no longer speak for yourself.
An Advance Healthcare Directive states your wishes for healthcare and designates a decision maker to speak for you should you become incapacitated. Although we don’t want to think about the possibility, we never know when a serious accident or illness may occur, requiring a loved one to make medical decisions for us. In the current age of technology and advances in medical care, Advance Healthcare Directives give guidance to your surrogate decision maker. Anyone over the age of 18 should attend this session.
Knowing the wishes of a loved one when you are the decision maker is a gift. Yet, many of us avoid talking about this difficult subject. It’s been estimated that making healthcare decisions for your loved one is as stressful as surviving a fire to your home. If you could reduce the stress and logistics your loved ones will face with your illness, you would, wouldn’t you?
Today, if you haven’t already, resolve to give your loved ones the gift of clarity. It’s not as pretty as a bouquet of flowers or as tasty as a box of chocolate, but it’s a gift that will enlighten and lighten the lives of those you care about the most.