National Healthcare Decisions Day is on Friday, April 16
SUNSHINE CLUB
Patty Barnett Mouton, vice president of Alzheimer’s Orange County and program director for community education for Hoag Palliative Care, will speak at the Sunshine Club’s Zoom meeting on Friday, April 16, at 10 a.m. Mouton will talk about how advanced healthcare decisionmaking is much more than making living wills; it is a process that should focus on conversations with loved ones and healthcare providers, as well as choosing the person will would speak for as a healthcare agent or proxy.
All shareholders are welcome to join the Zoom meeting at https:// us02web.zoom.us/j/84982089743?pwd=UGR3RlZRaUJmWmlSN E9KdTdNMUh3QT09. The meeting ID is 849 8208 9743, and the passcode is 508742.
The California Master Plan for Aging includes initiatives to improve access to palliative care as well as encourage the completion of advance healthcare directives and when appropriate, hysician’s Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) forms.
The COVID-19 crisis has taught many people about the critical nature of knowing their wishes for care and communicating those wishes to those who love and care for them.
A key goal of National Healthcare Decisions Week is to demystify healthcare decision-making and make the topic of advanced care planning understandable and inescapable.
The Sunshine Club brings LW leaders to meetings to introduce their organizations to the group. It also invites specialists from outside Leisure World to share their experiences and ideas with club members.
For more information, contact Anna Derby at (562) 301-5339.
