Oswego Senior Center Offers Presentation on Living Wills

Submitted by the Oswego Senior Center:

The Oswego Senior Center invites everyone hear Hazel Teichen of Family Home Health and Hospice present a free presentation on from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16 Dinner will be provided.

Registration can be made by calling 630-554-5602 by Sept. 15.

Five Wishes Illinois express how you want to be treated if you are seriously ill and unable to speak for yourself, using a document that is easy to understand.

All you need to do is check a box, circle a direction, or write a few sentences. Once it is signed and witnessed, your Five Wishes is a legal document. Five Wishes meets the legal requirements for an advance directive in Illinois, and is the most popular because it’s written in everyday language.