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Health Care Proxy Month program scheduled

by jmaloni

Press release

Tue, Oct 16th 2012 07:00 am

Do you know who will make health care decisions for you if you can't? Or why everyone should have a health care proxy? October is national Health Care Proxy Month, making it the perfect time to learn what you can do now to ensure your health care wishes are known by your family and physician.

Niagara Hospice will host an advance care planning program on Thursday, Oct. 25, to help ensure your health care wishes are followed. Cheryl Ferguson and Niagara Hospice Medical Social Worker will explain health care proxies, living wills, do not resuscitate (DNR) orders and medical orders for life sustaining treatment (MOLST).

"By learning more about advance directives, our community can have thoughtful conversations about their health care decisions and complete reliable advance directives to make their wishes known," Ferguson said. "Fewer families and health care providers will have to struggle with making difficult health care decisions in the absence of guidance from the patient, and health care providers and facilities will be better equipped to address advance health care planning issues before a crisis, and be better able to honor patient wishes when the time comes to do so."

Held at the Niagara Hospice Administration Building at 4675 Sunset Drive, Lockport, the program will start promptly at 3 and continue until 4 p.m. It is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is required by leaving a message at 716-280-0742 (by Oct. 24). Free forms and refreshments will be available. For more information, visit the events page at www.NiagaraHospice.org or call Niagara Hospice at 716-439-4417.

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