Advance Care Planning Presentation - FREE

Join us, along with Dorothy Stephens from Dying with Dignity, on Tuesday, January 21 at 1:30 PM for a presentation on Advance Care Planning in Manitoba. This will be a FREE session over Zoom. All are welcome and no registration is required.

Topics addressed in the presentation include:

• Legal issues around Advance Care Planning (ACP) and Health Care Directives (HCD), including the difference between a HCD and a Power of Attorney
• Your rights as a patient
• How to choose your health care proxy (substitute decision maker)
• How to make your wishes clear and understandable
• Comparisons of different types of HCDs and how to complete them
• A look at other documents used in Advance Care Planning
• Discussion of common but imprecise phrases such as “heroic measures” and “artificial means”
• A walk through the Dying With Dignity Canada ACP workbook and
HCD form
• What to do (and what NOT to do) with your HCD after it’s completed
• Issues around resuscitation
• Resources for those who want further information or guidance