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National Healthcare Decisions Week a Great Time to Start Conversations

April 13, 2017 by TRU Community Care

When it comes to end-of-life care, talking matters. Wise words from our friends at The Conversation Project. National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD) is an initiative of this project, and this year it’s celebrated for an entire week April 16-22. Dedicated to helping people talk about their end-of-life wishes, both the project and NHDD function as a conduit and resource for bringing people together so that their wishes can be recorded in writing.

Consider this fact:

90% of people say that talking with their loved ones about end-of-life care is important, but 27% have actually done so. – The Conversation Project National Survey 2013

We at TRU encourage you to have these important conversations with family members, loved ones, and your medical providers. Talk about your values, about what matters to you, as well as the Five Wishes:

  1. The person you want to make care decisions for you when you can’t
  2. The kind of medical treatment you do or don’t want
  3. How comfortable you want to be
  4. How you want people to treat you
  5. What you want your loved ones to know

If you’d like a copy of the Five Wishes or the Your Right to Make Healthcare Decisions brochure, they are available at our office. Please contact us at 303.442.0961 | 877.986.4766 for more information.

National Healthcare Decisions Day

Filed Under: Advanced Directives

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About TRU

TRU Community Care (TRU) affirms life at every step of your journey with illness and loss. Our vision is to lead a healthcare transformation by engaging with our communities and offering innovative, meaningful care for those living with illness and loss.

Founded as Boulder Hospice in 1976, TRU is a Colorado-licensed, Medicare and Medicaid-certified, nonprofit health care organization serving Boulder, Broomfield, Adams, Jefferson, Arapahoe, Denver, and Weld Counties and beyond. With a focus on providing a continuum of care for members of our community living with advanced illness and loss, TRU’s programs include TRU Hospice, TRU PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly), TRU Palliative Care, Landmark Memory Care, and TRU Grief Services.

TRU Hospice is proudly accredited by The Joint Commission and is a five-star-level hospice in NHPCO's We Honor Veterans program created in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). TRU is a member of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI), the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC), Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE), and the National PACE Association (NPA).

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