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Redwood Area Hospital
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FROM: Shelly Pauling,
Education & Communications Manager
RE: National Healthcare Decisions Day Set for April 16, 2009
DATE: April 6, 2009
Redwood Area Hospital along with other national, state and
community organizations, are leading a massive effort to
highlight the importance of advance healthcare
decision-making—an effort that has culminated in the formal
designation of April 16, 2009 as National Healthcare Decisions
Day (NHDD). As a participating organization, Redwood Area
Hospital is providing information and tools for the public to
talk about their wishes with family, friends and healthcare
providers, and execute written advance directives (healthcare
power of attorney and living will) in accordance with Minnesota
state laws. These resources are available at
www.redwoodareahospital.org and list
www.nationalhealthcaredecisionsday.org.
Specifically, on April 16, from 9am to 3pm, Joleen Johnson, LSW,
Social Services Manager from Redwood Area Hospital is welcoming
the public to come to the east lobby of the hospital, as she
will be providing free information about advance care planning
and advance directive forms.
“As a result of National Healthcare Decisions Day, many more
people in our community can be expected to have thoughtful
conversations about their healthcare decisions and complete
reliable advance directives to make their wishes known,” said
Johnson. “Fewer families and healthcare providers will have to
struggle with making difficult healthcare decisions in the
absence of guidance from the patient, and healthcare providers
and facilities will be better equipped to address advance
healthcare planning issues before a crisis and be better able to
honor patient wishes when the time comes to do so.”
For more information about National Healthcare Decision Day,
please visit
www.nationalhealthcaredecisionsday.org.
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