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Association of Spiritual Caregivers Its About the Conversation Faith Ambassador Program The name Honoring Choices Wisconsin is used under license from East Metro Medical Society Foundation. Plan ahead! What is advance care planning?
Faith Ambassador Program
The name “Honoring Choices Wisconsin” is used under license from East Metro Medical Society Foundation.
Association of Spiritual Caregivers
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Why Advance Care Planning? “For so many people in my congregation, that end experience with the loved one is one of the most powerful experiences of their life, and not just in a negative way. So many of them say this felt like such a gift to be able to be there…doing it the way the loved one wanted. It’s almost magical and the healing begins…and carries over the coming months and years.”
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If you do not express your preferences, decisions are made for you. Without planning:
The care you receive may not reflect your wishes. Your health care professionals may not know your
treatment preferences.
Your family may be left wondering if they are making
the right decision.
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Why is it important? “When something happens to you…and you can't make those decisions, the family is dealing with
they want to have to do is to make major decisions of, do they continue with life support? Do they not continue with life support? Is this person an organ donor or not?”
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Survey of Californians by the California HealthCare Foundation (2012)
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Center for Disease Control (2005)
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Survey of Californians by the California HealthCare Foundation (2012)
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Survey of Californians by the California HealthCare Foundation (2012)
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Critical Care Journal (2007)
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How to Bring it up? “It can come up when you’re watching a movie, at any
most times, a mental note of what the person has said. We may sometimes say, ‘Are you serious? Is that really what you mean?’ And they’ll explain, ‘Yes, that’s really what I want.’ ”
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On Having the Conversation: “This is going to be the greatest opportunity that you have in a long time to increase the intimacy of your relationship. We talk all the time about being close and about being loving, but what does that actually mean? When we say, ‘I plan to put my life in your hands’– there’s seriously nothing sweeter to do.”
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Choosing an Agent: “My best friend is a tough cookie. She knows what I would want. I know that she would make sure that if the time came and I needed, you know, life support to be removed…I know that she loves me and respects me enough to make sure that my wishes are carried forward.”
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Why Put it in Writing? “I think it’s really important to have your directives in writing because in a moment of crisis it can be a touchstone, something that’s solid for people…to see with clarity what I, the patient, wish for myself. So I think it’s really helpful for family to have that as the first tool of advocacy for me.”
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Advance care planning is a process, not a one-time
event.
Wishes may change as circumstances change. Review your wishes every time you have a physical
exam.
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Whenever any of the “Five D’s” occur:
Decade Death of a loved one Divorce Diagnosis Decline
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Sponsored by the Meriter’s Association of Spiritual Caregivers
This initiative provides our Association of Spiritual Caregivers an
Communities’ and our mission of being ‘Partners in Healing, Health Resources, and Professional Education’ This program is made possible by the generous support of the Meriter Foundation
Association of Spiritual Caregivers
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