How to Talk About Wishes for Care Through the End of Life

TLC Transitional Life Care

A Buddhist End of Life Education and Support Program

hosts The Conversation Project

April 16 is National Healthcare Decisions Day when it’s a good time to turn our attention toward Advance Directives and preparing end of life documents. It’s true we can’t plan for everything, but we can talk about what is most important – in our life, and in our health care – with those who matter most. Talking together can bring us closer. It also helps create the foundation of a care plan that’s right for all of us – a plan that will be available when the need arises.

The Conversation Project and TLC Transitional Life Care want to help us talk about our wishes for care through the end of life, so those wishes can be understood and respected. Join this session to learn ice breakers, tips and tricks, and ideas for how to have these conversations with the important people in your life. We’ll cover examples of how to bring up this topic with people who might be nervous to talk about it, ideas for how to address complex family situations, and suggestions for how to talk with the health care team. You’re not alone – we’ll figure this out together.

Please go to this link and print the free ‘CONVERSATION STARTER GUIDE’ to have on hand during this program, along with a writing implement. Thank you!

REGISTER at tlcserves.org.

All who register will receive the video, whether present that day or not.

TLC will host Reverend Rosemary Lloyd whose life-long interest in end-of-life care and ethics is fueled by her experience as a registered nurse, hospice volunteer, minister, and family caregiver. She is a graduate of Georgetown University, Harvard Divinity School, and the Metta Institute for Compassionate End of Life Care led by Frank Ostaseski, co-founder of the San Francisco Zen Hospice House and author of The Five Invitations. Advisor to faith communities for The Conversation Project, Reverend Rosemary has led classes on aging, living, and dying well for 20 years.

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COST: Suggested donation $25 - $45

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