What if you were in an accident or became suddenly ill? Who would speak for you?

End of Life Choices

• Normalizing conversations about end of life health care.
• Increasing the number of people who have advance directives.

Talk about it.

End of Life Choices is an advance care planning process that helps us, over the course of our lives, to understand, reflect upon and discuss goals, values, and beliefs for end of life health care.

• These conversations usually result in written plans called Advance Directives.
• It is important to make your wishes known to your loved ones and doctors.

Make your choices known.

• Choose a health care agent—the person you want to make health care decisions for you if you cannot speak for yourself.
• Choose the end of life medical care that you want or the care you don’t want.
• Choose to act now, while you are healthy.  Unexpected events, such as sudden illness or serious accident can happen, so make choices when you can speak for yourself

It’s the caring thing to do.

• Letting family and loved ones know your wishes reduces their burden.
• If you do not choose, others will need to decide for you.
• Become part of our community of caring.

Who can help me?

• Learn more at a Community Workshop or invite us to speak to a group you belong to.
• Trained Advance Care Planning Facilitators are available to meet and talk with you individually.

What will they do?

 Facilitators will help you

• explore options for advance care planning, reflect upon goals and values, and connect those goals to end of life care decisions;
• decide who will speak for you if you cannot speak for yourself (your Health Care Agent);
• complete advance directives—the written plans.

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