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National Healthcare Decisions Day Community Outreach Presentation
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Advance Care Planning:
Your Decisions Matter
Presented By:
[Name]
[Title]
[Organization]
[Date]
Do you know what healthcare
treatments you would and
would not want if you could not
speak for yourself?
Do other people know what your
wishes are?
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Today
1. Discover the value of advance care planning
2. Learn how to talk about your future
healthcare decisions
3. Understand how to document your
healthcare decisions using advance
directives
4. Encourage others to honor National
Healthcare Decisions Day
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Advance Care Planning
Involves:
Learning about treatment options
Thinking about your values
Talking about your decisions
Documenting your wishes
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Why Plan Ahead?
Unable to speak for yourself
Sudden illness or accidents
Leave a guide for others
Peace of mind for loved ones
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Getting Started
Learn about life-sustaining treatments
Reflect upon your values
Decide what you want and do not want
Talk to others
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Questions to Discuss
What do you want and not want at the end of
life?
Who should speak for you?
What are your concerns?
What gives your life the most meaning?
What one thing do you want to be sure your
doctors, family and friends know about your
wishes?
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Talking About Your Decisions
Valuable opportunity to reflect on what’s
important with loved ones
Discussion needs to happen before a crisis
Can provide comfort to your loved ones
Is up to YOU to initiate
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Documenting Your Decisions
Advance directives document healthcare
decisions at the end of life
Tool to help you think through and
communicate your choices
Two legal forms are available:
 Healthcare Power of Attorney
 Living Will
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Healthcare Power of Attorney
Document who makes medical decisions
about your healthcare
Authorized to speak ONLY if you can’t
May also be called a:
 "healthcare proxy or agent"
 “healthcare surrogate”
 "durable power of attorney for healthcare"
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Your Healthcare Agent
Can be anyone over the age of 18*
Can be a family member, loved one or close
friend
Is someone who:
 You trust
 Knows you well
 Will advocate in your behalf
 Will honor your wishes
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Living Will
States what you want and do not want for
medical treatments at the end of life
May also be called:
 Directive to physicians
 Healthcare declaration
 Medical directive
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Important to Know
Your advance directive should reflect your
wishes
Lawyers are not needed
Not all documents are legally valid in every
state
A witness and a notary may be required
Does not expire and can be updated as
needed
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April 16 - National Healthcare
Decisions Day
Collaborative effort of national, state and
community organizations
Opportunity to communicate and document
future healthcare decisions
Participating national organizations include:
ABA, AMA, ANA, APC, NASW, NHPCO and
others
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What You Can Do
Talk to your loved ones
“Since today is national healthcare
decisions day, I want to take this
opportunity to talk with you about my
decisions for healthcare if I am ever in a
situation that I can not speak for myself
like Terri Schiavo [or list someone else].”
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What You Can Do
Complete your advance directive
Encourage others to do the same
Join local efforts to promote National
Healthcare Decisions Day
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Resources That Can Help
www.nationalhealthcaredecisionsday.org
 Advance care planning information
 Advance directive documents
[List other state and local resources]
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The future depends on what
we do in the present.
–Mahatma Gandhi
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