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Redwood Area Hospital
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FROM: Shelly Pauling,
Education & Communications Manager
RE: Healthcare Decisions Day
DATE: April 6, 2010
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, 2010 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
by clicking this link and listed on
www.nationalhealthcaredecisionsday.org.
Specifically, on April 16, from 10am to 2pm, 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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