"Five Wishes" Workshop

 
 

Pointe Coupee Homebound Health and Hospice will be hosting a free “Five Wishes” workshop. PCHHH is hosting this workshop because we understand planning for the future involves more than pension benefits or life and health insurance. We realize many of you are facing important decisions about medical care, especially with aging or ill family members, and that is why we wanted to make “Five Wishes” available to you.

“Five Wishes” is a document developed by a nonprofit organization called “Aging with Dignity” designed to help you and your family discuss, decide and describe the kind of care and support you wish in the event of serious illness. PC Home Health & Hospice is proud to be at the forefront of the movement to bring advance care planning to the community and we hope that you find this service useful now and in the years ahead.

Participants will be given a free “Five Wishes” booklet that becomes your legal advanced directive that is recognized by the state of Louisiana. Participants will be shown an information DVD on how to fill out the “Five Wishes” document. The seminar will be facilitated by members of the PC Hospice Team.

Monday, April 15, 2019
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM (light lunch provided)
Pointe Coupee Homebound Health and Hospice Conference Room
350 Hospital Road
New Roads, LA 70760

If you are interested in attending this free planning workshop contact the office of Pointe Coupee Hospice to RSVP by April 12, 2019 at (225) 638-5717 or via email.

For more information regarding “Aging with Dignity” and “Five Wishes” visit Aging with Dignity’s website or call (888) 5-WISHES.

 
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