Four Seasons Compassion for Life marks the occasion by offering free advance care
seminars to address the highest quality of compassionate care for those with
serious life-limiting illness
November is National Hospice and
Palliative Care Month, and the nation’s leading health care organizations, like
Four Seasons Compassion for Life, are
reaching out to raise awareness about the highest quality care for people
coping with life-limiting or terminal illness through a free informative
program, “Decide for Yourself: Legal Tools for Medical Decisions.”
Led by professionals and offered at three separate times
and locations, the program identifies the tools and their uses to help each
individual make the decisions and take the actions needed to ensure their
wishes are respected and legally binding. The free program will be offered at
the Henderson County Public Library, 301 Washington Street, on Thursday, Nov.
6, from 5-7 p.m.; at the First Methodist
Church, 204 6th Avenue West, on Thursday, Nov. 11, from noon-2 p.m.; and at
Pardee Care Center in the Blue Ridge Mall on Monday, Nov. 17, 1-3 p.m.
Legal forms to assist with planning for advanced care
will be available for participants to take home or execute. Advanced care
planning makes it possible for an individual’s wishes to be honored in the case
of an accident or debilitating illness “Four Seasons is proud to have served
our community for 35 years, helping tens of thousands of patients and
families,” says Chrix Comeaux, CEO of Four Seasons Compassion for Life.
“Our focus remains on helping each individual live his or
her life to the fullest and with dignity, despite the illness,” he says. Four
Seasons Compassion for Life is a 501c3 non-profit organization with a dedicated
team of health care professionals, social workers, spiritual care professionals
and volunteers deeply committed to its mission of “Co-Creating the Care
Experience.” Nationally known for its leadership in innovative, quality hospice
and palliative care services, Four Seasons is a former Circle of Life award
recipient from the American Medical Association. For more information about the
free program, “Decide for Yourself: Legal Tools for Medical Decisions,” on Nov.
6, 11, and 17, or other Four Seasons programs or support, visit http://www.fourseasonscfl.org.
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