Making End-of-Life Making End-of-Life Decisions: Decisions:

Helping Your Family Helping Your Family and Yourselfand Yourself

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Why Think about the Why Think about the End of Life? End of Life?

It is anIt is animportantimportantpart of lifepart of life

Why Think about it Why Think about it NowNow?? Illness or injury can happen any timeIllness or injury can happen any time If you can’t speak, who will speak for you?If you can’t speak, who will speak for you? Will they know what you would want?Will they know what you would want? Or will they worry about doing the right Or will they worry about doing the right

thing?thing?Only you can give them Only you can give them the gift of peace of mindthe gift of peace of mind

How Can You Help How Can You Help Your Family?Your Family?

LEARN LEARN about your choicesabout your choices TALK TALK about your decisionsabout your decisions WRITE WRITE down your plansdown your plans

Learn about Your ChoicesLearn about Your Choices Advance directivesAdvance directives Life-sustaining treatmentsLife-sustaining treatments Hospice and palliative careHospice and palliative care Long term careLong term care Coping with lossCoping with loss

Talk about Your DecisionsTalk about Your Decisions

Who will make decisions for your health care Who will make decisions for your health care if you cannot?if you cannot?

What medical treatments would you like to What medical treatments would you like to have or not have at the end of life?have or not have at the end of life?

Where would you want to be cared for?Where would you want to be cared for?

Write Down Your PlansWrite Down Your Plans Use advance directive formsUse advance directive forms

Living will – what you want or don’t Living will – what you want or don’t wantwant

Medical power of attorney – who you Medical power of attorney – who you want to make decisionswant to make decisions

Give copies to your family and doctorsGive copies to your family and doctors And remember - talk to people about your And remember - talk to people about your

plansplans

To Learn More, Call…To Learn More, Call…

Call the national Call the national Compassionate Care Compassionate Care HelpLine /Linea Cuidando con Cariño HelpLine /Linea Cuidando con Cariño 1-877-658-88961-877-658-8896

Caring Connections HelpLineCaring Connections HelpLine 1-800-658-88981-800-658-8898

To Learn More, Visit…To Learn More, Visit…

Caring Connections web site Caring Connections web site www.caringinfo.org

Partnership for Parents web site for Partnership for Parents web site for parents with a seriously ill childparents with a seriously ill child Spanish/Spanish/EspañolEspañol: padrescompadres.org : padrescompadres.org English/English/InglésInglés: partnershipforparents.org: partnershipforparents.org

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