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Making End-of-Life Decisions: Helping Your Family and Yourself

Making End-of-Life Decisions: Helping Your Family and Yourself. [Add name of presenter and organization]. Why Think about the End of Life? . It is an important part of life. Why Think about it Now ?. Illness or injury can happen any time If you can’t speak, who will speak for you?

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Making End-of-Life Decisions: Helping Your Family and Yourself

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  1. Making End-of-Life Decisions: Helping Your Family and Yourself [Add name of presenter and organization]

  2. Why Think about the End of Life? It is an important part of life

  3. Why Think about it Now? • Illness or injury can happen any time • If you can’t speak, who will speak for you? • Will they know what you would want? • Or will they worry about doing the right thing? Only you can give them the gift of peace of mind

  4. How Can You Help Your Family? • LEARN about your choices • TALK about your decisions • WRITE down your plans

  5. Learn about Your Choices • Advance directives • Life-sustaining treatments • Hospice and palliative care • Long term care • Coping with loss

  6. Talk about Your Decisions • Who will make decisions for your health care if you cannot? • What medical treatments would you like to have or not have at the end of life? • Where would you want to be cared for?

  7. Write Down Your Plans • Use advance directive forms • Living will – what you want or don’t want • Medical power of attorney – who you want to make decisions • Give copies to your family and doctors • And remember - talk to people about your plans

  8. To Learn More, Call… • Call the national Compassionate Care HelpLine /Linea Cuidando con Cariño • 1-877-658-8896 • Caring Connections HelpLine • 1-800-658-8898

  9. To Learn More, Visit… • Caring Connections web site • www.caringinfo.org • Partnership for Parents web site for parents with a seriously ill child • Spanish/Español: padrescompadres.org • English/Inglés: partnershipforparents.org

  10. To Ask for Help, Call Us Today • [list local resources and how to reach you]

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