Share your wishes

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Jan 18, 2015

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Share your wishes
After the often hectic buzz and planning of the holidays, we need a little time to regroup, reflect and set new resolutions come January. Maybe you've planned the holidays, the gifts, the decorations and who gets the guest bedroom. Now its time to think about you. Do your loved ones know how you'd want to be cared for if you couldn't advocate for yourself due to a serious illness or injury? Do they know if you would want extraordinary measures including being on a respirator to keep you alive? Are they aware whether or not you want comfort measures, including aggressive symptom management, to keep you comfortable until death? The decisions
about your treatment and healthcare should be yours.
Plan for the What if?
While we wish and dream for many things, its understandable that even thinking about death may make us uncomfortable -- and yet a dignified and peaceful death is what we wish for. That sense of discomfort is nothing compared to the
stress you and or your loved ones could endure if you haven't shared your final wishes before you are unable to actively make a decision on your own behalf. Additionally, its important to appoint someone who will act for you if any medical condition or circumstance should occur where you cannot speak for yourself. A Simple Form An Advance Directive is a legal document which expresses these preferences. It can contain a Living Will, the naming of a healthcare representative or both. Surprisingly, its pretty simple and can be done in a matter or minutes perhaps some of the most important minutes you can spend to help yourself and your family. You don't need a lawyer or a notary, just a good form and a pen to sign the document in the presence of two witnesses.
We Can Help
Regional Hospice and Home Care can help. Visit us at regionalhospicect.org and download a copy of Advanced Directives, What you Should Know. Or, you can
email us at info@regionalhospicect.org and we can send it to you. Make your preferences known while you can consciously and thoughtfully plan
them. Make sure to prepare for unexpected healthcare needs and make those final weeks or days less stressful for you and your loved ones by sharing these
wishes now.
Make a resolution to get those wishes defined and shared before the next holiday

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