Today is National Healthcare Decisions Day! Your Wishes Matter!

Who will speak for you when you can’t?  That is the question of the day on this National Healthcare Decisions Day. This is a day set aside to hopefully inspire, educate and empower the public and provide the necessary tools to complete an Advanced Care Plan.

You may be overwhelmed with the COVID-19 pandemic.  Like many, you may feel somewhat out of control and that life is so unpredictable at this time.  As patient advocates, we have spoken to new and existing clients who are concerned about their wishes for end of life care.  This is not a fun topic and most of us tend to avoid it.

Let’s take a different look at it on this day of awareness.  Can we view it as the gift of preparation for your loved ones? Don’t we usually feel better when we are prepared?  When a crisis hits, being prepared can be invaluable.

 Sometimes, we just don’t know how to start a conversation about our end of life wishes with our loved one.  The team at Healthlink Advocates help clients facilitate this conversation with their loved ones or you can use the many resources put out on this National Healthcare Decisions Day.

We think the NJ Healthcare Quality Institute has compiled an excellent and comprehensive resource for people to get their wishes known and resources to understand how to document those wishes. The resource is known as Conversations of Your Life (COYL) and is provided by clicking the link below.

 We hope the resource provided below is helpful.  If this is just too overwhelming, we can assist you in any way you need. Do not hesitate to book a call with us, we will be happy to help you.