Granby, CT. – In observance of National Healthcare Decisions Day, April 16th, MeadowBrook of Granby announces a Five Wishes Seminar on Saturday, April 16, 2011 at MeadowBrook of Granby from 2:00pm to 3:00pm.
National Healthcare Decisions Day is observed annually on April 16th and is aimed at increasing the number of Americans who have completed an advance directive (“living will”), in which they name the person who will make medical decisions for them in the event they are seriously ill and can’t speak for themselves. Experts say only about 20-30% of Americans have completed an advance directive even though all people age 18 and older should have one.
Many people put off discussing the topic of serious illness and death, but it’s essential to have this family conversation in advance. It’s a discussion that should take place in the living room, not in the hospital waiting room when it may be too late.
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MeadowBrook of Granby will be featuring Aging with Dignity’s Five Wishes, America’s most popular living will with more than 14 million copies in national circulation. The 12-page document is easy to use and deals with personal, family and spiritual matters in addition to medical and legal concerns. Five Wishes is also a valuable tool for beginning often difficult family discussions. It meets the legal requirements of 42 states, including CT., and is useful in those states that still require state forms and mandatory notices. Five Wishes is available in 23 languages in order to address the diverse cultural needs of the community.
“Five Wishes deals with the things people say matter most to them,” Aging with Dignity President Paul Malley said. “It allows them to clearly state what kind of treatment they want or don’t want so their families aren’t left to guess or second-guess.”
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RSVP to Lori Blackburn at 860-324-6252 or outreach@meadowbrookofgranby.com by April 6th.
MeadowBrook of Granby is managed by Athena Health Care Systems.
Founded in 1996, Aging with Dignity is a national non-profit organization that seeks to protect the God-given human dignity of the most vulnerable among us. Five Wishes was created with help from national legal experts, with initial development and distribution funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Five Wishes translations were made possible through a grant by the United Health Foundation.
