Advance Planning Documents for End-of-Life Care
Part of our Aging Well series
Advance planning for end-of-life health care brings the peace of mind that comes with knowing that your family and health care providers have clear directions from you. Why not make it a New Year’s resolution to get your plans and wishes down in writing?
This practical online workshop will discuss completing an Advance Directive, choosing a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care, Instructions for Artificial Feeding and Hydration, filling out POLST (Portable Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) forms, completing directives for mental health and for dementia, and more.
Speakers
Arline Hinckley, MSW, ACSW
Volunteer Client Advisor, End of Life Washington
Arline Roller Hinckley is a social worker who spent her career working with terminally ill adults. For 30 years she has been involved in end of life issues and organizations and has served on the boards of several of them, most recently End of Life Washington, where she continues to work as a Volunteer Client Advisor (VCA). “Helping people have a good death is a gift to them and to their families,” Arline has said. “I hope that part of my legacy is the thought that I helped people at a vulnerable point in their lives.”