Planning In Advance: Registering Your Advance Directive
September 22, 2016
It’s not easy thinking about the end of your life, but in this day and age most people realize it’s important to document your wishes in a living will and to appoint another person to be your health care agent. These legal documents can ensure that your wishes for treatment…
The Conversation Project: How To Talk The Talk
July 21, 2016
The statistics are stark: 90% of people say that talking to loved ones about end of life medical decisions is important: but only 27% have done so. As hard and awkward as it is to think about medical choices that will confront you or loved ones as death approaches, it’s…
Mis(sed)-Communication: Older Parents And Adult Kids Need To Talk
July 7, 2016
Getting around to “The Talk” with your aging loved ones is never easy: no one likes to focus on the difficult decisions surrounding incapacity, financial insecurity or even end-of-life matters. But as tough as those conversations seem, experience underscores that it’s significantly more difficult to discuss these sensitive issues when…