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Health Care Planning Made Simple
Posted on April 11, 2024 by Ellen DiPaola, JD in Advance Directives, Health care directivesA step-by-step process listing the important conversations and planning tools you need to get health care you want over your lifetime ...
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Posted on April 12, 2023 by Mary Crowe, LICSW, ACHP-SW, C.D.S., CDP in Advance Directives, Health care directivesHere's how you can be in more control about medical treatments you would or would not want if you were unable to express your health care wishes yourself. ...
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Why I Have a Health Care Proxy
Posted on April 13, 2022 by Mary McCormick-Gendzel in Advance Directives, Health care directivesA retired hospital nurse asks, since death is unavoidable, why not have some control over how it happens if you can? ...
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Memory of Mom Guides Health Care Planning
Posted on April 6, 2022 by Meghan Gardner in Advance Directives, Health care directivesA Care Dimensions hospice volunteer recalls how a special day with her mother inspired her to complete advance directives about her end-of-life wishes. ...
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How a Selfless Stranger Made My Family’s Happiness Possible
Posted on April 26, 2021 by Robin Gould in Advance Directives, Health care directivesFor double lung transplant recipient Craig Gould and his family, every day is a gift thanks to an organ donor. ...
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Don’t Let Pandemic Delay Advance Care Planning
Posted on April 15, 2021 by Catherine Duffy, NP, ACHPN in Advance Directives, Health care directivesThe COVID-19 pandemic opened a lot of eyes about advance care planning, yet many U.S. adults have not completed advance directive documents or had conversations with family and health care professionals about medical care preferences. ...
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Podcast: Advance Care Planning with Ellen DiPaola
Posted on July 8, 2020 by Mia Buscone in Advance Directives, Health care directives, PodcastIn this special episode of the Care Dimensions Learning Institute's podcast, host Mary Crowe discusses advance care planning with Ellen DiPaola, president and CEO of Honoring Choices Massachusetts. ...
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Podcast: Starting the Conversation Around Death and Dying
Posted on February 3, 2020 by Veronica Giarla in Advance Directives, Health care directives, Hospice, Learning Institute, PodcastIn this latest episode of our podcast Living Forever, Not an Option, our hosts Mary Crowe and Lyn Skarmeas tackle the challenge of starting a conversation about death, dying, and making your wishes known. ...
Continue readingPodcast: Who Is Driving the Bus? Taking Charge of Your Healthcare Wishes
Posted on January 23, 2020 by Veronica Giarla in Advance Directives, Health care directives, Learning Institute, PodcastIn this latest episode of our podcast Living Forever, Not an Option, our hosts Mary Crowe and Lyn Skarmeas discuss the importance of advance directives and making your healthcare wishes known. ...
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The Annual Holiday Visit: An Opportunity for Family Conversations about Health Planning and Preferences
Posted on November 18, 2019 by Dr. Talia Lewis in Health care directivesAt this time of year, many of us travel long distances to reunite with parents, siblings and extended family. In addition to the meals and celebrations, the annual holiday visit can be a good opportunity to open up conversations about changes we may notice in our loved ones’ health status, and overall, how their days are going. One place to start is with your loved one’s mobility.&n...
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