SALISBURY–Four local nonprofits have joined together to offer a seminar on the topic of advanced care planning.
“Expressing Healthcare Wishes Before a Crisis” seminar will take place on Friday, Oct. 24 from 9 a.m. to noon at the MAC Center on Progress Circle in Salisbury.
The nonprofit partners hosting the seminar are MAC Inc., Coastal Hospice & Palliative Care, Peninsula Regional Medical Center and The 50+ Network for Creative Engagement.
Advance directives clearly communicate a person’s healthcare wishes to their family and doctors. Yet only 23 percent of the population have advance directives, even though most people say making sure their family is not burdened by tough decisions is extremely important to them. All medical records should include advance directives.
Advance directives are critical for people of all ages, because a healthcare crisis can occur at any time: during a serious illness, after an automobile accident or head injury, or during a heart attack or stroke.
The seminar presenters are two Maryland physicians who are specialists in advance care directives. Dr. Daniel Morhaim is a physician and Maryland legislator who has authored, “The Better End: Surviving (and Dying) on Your Own Terms in Today’s Medical World.”
Dr. David Cowall is a medical oncologist, researcher and expert in hospice and palliative care.
The seminar is open to the public. The cost is $10. It will also offer two hours of Continuing Education Credits to healthcare professionals.
A complete brochure on the seminar is available at CoastalHospice.org.
Reservations may be made via credit card at CoastalHospice.org or by mail with a $10 check to: Coastal Hospice, PO Box 1733, Salisbury, Md. 21802.
“Expressing Healthcare Wishes Before a Crisis” seminar will take place on Friday, Oct. 24 from 9 a.m. to noon at the MAC Center on Progress Circle in Salisbury.
The nonprofit partners hosting the seminar are MAC Inc., Coastal Hospice & Palliative Care, Peninsula Regional Medical Center and The 50+ Network for Creative Engagement.
Advance directives clearly communicate a person’s healthcare wishes to their family and doctors. Yet only 23 percent of the population have advance directives, even though most people say making sure their family is not burdened by tough decisions is extremely important to them. All medical records should include advance directives.
Advance directives are critical for people of all ages, because a healthcare crisis can occur at any time: during a serious illness, after an automobile accident or head injury, or during a heart attack or stroke.
The seminar presenters are two Maryland physicians who are specialists in advance care directives. Dr. Daniel Morhaim is a physician and Maryland legislator who has authored, “The Better End: Surviving (and Dying) on Your Own Terms in Today’s Medical World.”
Dr. David Cowall is a medical oncologist, researcher and expert in hospice and palliative care.
The seminar is open to the public. The cost is $10. It will also offer two hours of Continuing Education Credits to healthcare professionals.
A complete brochure on the seminar is available at CoastalHospice.org.
Reservations may be made via credit card at CoastalHospice.org or by mail with a $10 check to: Coastal Hospice, PO Box 1733, Salisbury, Md. 21802.