Putnam County Hospice and Palliative Care Association (PCHPCA), along with other national, state and community organizations, are leading a massive effort to highlight the importance of advance healthcare decision-making—an effort that has culminated in the formal designation of April 16 as National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD). As a participating organization, PCHCPA is providing information and tools for the public to talk about their wishes with family, friends and healthcare providers, and execute written advance directives (healthcare representative and living will) in accordance with Indiana state laws. These resources are available at pchpca.org
On April 15th the public is invited to National Healthcare Decisions Day Brown Bag Lunch and Learn at Putnam County Hospital from 12 noon to 1pm in the 3rd floor classrooms. On April 16, from 10 to 4, Putnam County Hospice and Palliative Association, is welcoming the public throughout the day at Putnam County Hospital with free information about advance care planning and advance directive forms.
“As a result of National Healthcare Decisions Day, many more people in our community can be expected to have thoughtful conversations about their healthcare decisions and complete reliable advance directives to make their wishes known,” said Julianne Miranda, president of the PCHPCA Board, “Fewer families and healthcare providers will have to struggle with making difficult healthcare decisions in the absence of guidance from the patient, and healthcare providers and facilities will be better equipped to address advance healthcare planning issues before a crisis and be better able to honor patient wishes when the time comes to do so.”
For more information about National Healthcare Decision Day, please visit www.nhdd.org.
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