Health Directives - 5 Wishes Makes it Easy
If your health were to deteriorate to a point where you could not communicate with your caregivers, how would you feel? Wouldn't you want to be able to tell your friends and family your final wishes? Wouldn't you want to tell your doctors what type of medical treatment that you want? Or how about what treatment you don't want? Unfortunately, no one is able to read your mind as to what you were thinking. For some people, they may not even consider some of these issues or know where to start.
Aging With Dignity - Five Wishes provides the easy support and documents to assist you with sorting through these tough issues. Communication on what your wishes are is critical in being treated the way you want to be treated should you be in that situation. I stress to all of my clients the importance of communicating with family members as to these issues, but I question how many actually take that difficult step. Five Wishes provides a simple aid for getting that process started in a simple, respectable and professional manner.
The ABA has another good resource dispelling some common myths on living wills that is quite helpful. You should review this brochure as well.
Make your plans now. As I posted previously, this time of the year is a convenient time of year when family members are together. It might not be the best topic for the holidays, but after you get over the initial hurdle, everyone will likely feel better knowing what you want and you'll feel better knowing that you communicated your wishes.
Aging With Dignity - Five Wishes provides the easy support and documents to assist you with sorting through these tough issues. Communication on what your wishes are is critical in being treated the way you want to be treated should you be in that situation. I stress to all of my clients the importance of communicating with family members as to these issues, but I question how many actually take that difficult step. Five Wishes provides a simple aid for getting that process started in a simple, respectable and professional manner.
The ABA has another good resource dispelling some common myths on living wills that is quite helpful. You should review this brochure as well.
Make your plans now. As I posted previously, this time of the year is a convenient time of year when family members are together. It might not be the best topic for the holidays, but after you get over the initial hurdle, everyone will likely feel better knowing what you want and you'll feel better knowing that you communicated your wishes.
