FREE TO ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS

BELLINGHAM: PeaceHealth St. Joseph Hospital

First Tuesday of each month, 4 – 6 PM & First Thursday of each month, 6 - 8 PM

SEDRO WOOLEY: United General Hospital Main cafeteria

Third Wednesday of each month, 4-6 PM

Conversations can make all the difference!  

Many workshops are scheduled in the next few months to help you explore your own choices with trained facilitators to help you prepare your advance directive.

Interactive discussions will guide you through the process of completing your Healthcare Directive and Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare.

As you may know, only about 30% of Americans have talked with their loved ones about their choices at the end of life, and even fewer have put these choices into writing.  Are you ready to document your choices?  

This workshop is facilitated by Hilary Walker, the Advance Care Planning Coordinator at PeaceHealth St Joseph's Medical Center. All workshops are open to anyone in the community over 18 years of age;

For more information contact: Hilary Walker. 360-752-5267 or hwalker@peacehealth.org

Register for the class that suits your schedule through the link below.

FREE TO ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS

BELLINGHAM: PeaceHealth St. Joseph Hospital

First Tuesday of each month, 4 – 6 PM & First Thursday of each month, 6 - 8 PM

SEDRO WOOLEY: United General Hospital Main cafeteria

Third Wednesday of each month, 4-6 PM

Conversations can make all the difference!  

Many workshops are scheduled in the next few months to help you explore your own choices with trained facilitators to help you prepare your advance directive.

Interactive discussions will guide you through the process of completing your Healthcare Directive and Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare.

As you may know, only about 30% of Americans have talked with their loved ones about their choices at the end of life, and even fewer have put these choices into writing.  Are you ready to document your choices?  

This workshop is facilitated by Hilary Walker, the Advance Care Planning Coordinator at PeaceHealth St Joseph's Medical Center. All workshops are open to anyone in the community over 18 years of age;

For more information contact: Hilary Walker. 360-752-5267 or hwalker@peacehealth.org

Register for the class that suits your schedule through the link below.

FREE TO ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS

BELLINGHAM: PeaceHealth St. Joseph Hospital

First Tuesday of each month, 4 – 6 PM & First Thursday of each month, 6 - 8 PM

SEDRO WOOLEY: United General Hospital Main cafeteria

Third Wednesday of each month, 4-6 PM

Conversations can make all the difference!  

Many workshops are scheduled in the next few months to help you explore your own choices with trained facilitators to help you prepare your advance directive.

Interactive discussions will guide you through the process of completing your Healthcare Directive and Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare.

As you may know, only about 30% of Americans have talked with their loved ones about their choices at the end of life, and even fewer have put these choices into writing.  Are you ready to document your choices?  

This workshop is facilitated by Hilary Walker, the Advance Care Planning Coordinator at PeaceHealth St Joseph's Medical Center. All workshops are open to anyone in the community over 18 years of age;

For more information contact: Hilary Walker. 360-752-5267 or hwalker@peacehealth.org

Register for the class that suits your schedule through the link below.

FREE TO ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS

BELLINGHAM: PeaceHealth St. Joseph Hospital

First Tuesday of each month, 4 – 6 PM & First Thursday of each month, 6 - 8 PM

SEDRO WOOLEY: United General Hospital Main cafeteria

Third Wednesday of each month, 4-6 PM

Conversations can make all the difference!  

Many workshops are scheduled in the next few months to help you explore your own choices with trained facilitators to help you prepare your advance directive.

Interactive discussions will guide you through the process of completing your Healthcare Directive and Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare.

As you may know, only about 30% of Americans have talked with their loved ones about their choices at the end of life, and even fewer have put these choices into writing.  Are you ready to document your choices?  

This workshop is facilitated by Hilary Walker, the Advance Care Planning Coordinator at PeaceHealth St Joseph's Medical Center. All workshops are open to anyone in the community over 18 years of age;

For more information contact: Hilary Walker. 360-752-5267 or hwalker@peacehealth.org

Register for the class that suits your schedule through the link below.

Advance Care Planning is a process that takes time and active reflection. With a diagnosis of dementia, it gets more difficult to reflect on goals for end-of-life care. ACP+D presentations are designed to educate people who have either received a diagnosis of dementia or are caring for someone who has. We’ll cover

• the importance of starting ACP early
• the critical role a health care agent will play throughout the journey
• how to match goals for care with stages and symptoms of the disease
• forms to help you start the conversation
• how to be a strong advocate for yourself & your loved one

Participants will receive a folder with helpful resources and two official forms to complete the ACP process.

This workshop is led by Adrienne Doucette and Denise Weeks.

Adrienne Doucette is an educator, a trained Advance Care Planning facilitator, and a Hospice volunteer. She brings her expertise and compassion to help adults think through their end-of-life options and complete their Advance Directives. She is passionate about the important process of making ones wishes known at the end of life, especially when there is a diagnosis of dementia.

Denise Weeks received training as an Advance Care Planning facilitator through the Whatcom Alliance for Health Advancement (WAHA). She is the author of Mantra: Repetition in the Land of Alzheimer’s, about giving care to her mother with Alzheimer’s disease, and she is co-leader of a local support group for adult children caring for a parent with dementia.

Advance Care Planning is a process that takes time and active reflection. With a diagnosis of dementia, it gets more difficult to reflect on goals for end-of-life care. ACP+D presentations are designed to educate people who have either received a diagnosis of dementia or are caring for someone who has. We’ll cover

• the importance of starting ACP early
• the critical role a health care agent will play throughout the journey
• how to match goals for care with stages and symptoms of the disease
• forms to help you start the conversation
• how to be a strong advocate for yourself & your loved one

Participants will receive a folder with helpful resources and two official forms to complete the ACP process.

This workshop is led by Adrienne Doucette and Denise Weeks.

Adrienne Doucette is an educator, a trained Advance Care Planning facilitator, and a Hospice volunteer. She brings her expertise and compassion to help adults think through their end-of-life options and complete their Advance Directives. She is passionate about the important process of making ones wishes known at the end of life, especially when there is a diagnosis of dementia.

Denise Weeks received training as an Advance Care Planning facilitator through the Whatcom Alliance for Health Advancement (WAHA). She is the author of Mantra: Repetition in the Land of Alzheimer’s, about giving care to her mother with Alzheimer’s disease, and she is co-leader of a local support group for adult children caring for a parent with dementia.

Advance Care Planning is a process that takes time and active reflection. With a diagnosis of dementia, it gets more difficult to reflect on goals for end-of-life care. ACP+D presentations are designed to educate people who have either received a diagnosis of dementia or are caring for someone who has. We’ll cover

• the importance of starting ACP early
• the critical role a health care agent will play throughout the journey
• how to match goals for care with stages and symptoms of the disease
• forms to help you start the conversation
• how to be a strong advocate for yourself & your loved one

Participants will receive a folder with helpful resources and two official forms to complete the ACP process.

This workshop is led by Adrienne Doucette and Denise Weeks.

Adrienne Doucette is an educator, a trained Advance Care Planning facilitator, and a Hospice volunteer. She brings her expertise and compassion to help adults think through their end-of-life options and complete their Advance Directives. She is passionate about the important process of making ones wishes known at the end of life, especially when there is a diagnosis of dementia.

Denise Weeks received training as an Advance Care Planning facilitator through the Whatcom Alliance for Health Advancement (WAHA). She is the author of Mantra: Repetition in the Land of Alzheimer’s, about giving care to her mother with Alzheimer’s disease, and she is co-leader of a local support group for adult children caring for a parent with dementia.

The Northwest Life Passages Coalition hosts community conversations related to care for those with serious illness or facing end of life.  These conversations give the Coalition a chance to both share information and learn from community members as we seek to build stronger programs.

At this session, we will briefly share the current status of Advance Care Planning programs in Whatcom County based on the results from a recent evaluation project which explores current successes and challenges in these initiatives. We will also outline some new initiatives and promising models for improving these programs.

We plan to spend the bulk of the session exploring your ideas and concerns so that we can continue to make progress toward our goal of creating a community of care that supports our own choices for end-of-life care.

Create an Advance Care Plan.

Tessa Whitlock is a certified Advance Care Planning facilitator who leads workshops throughout our region. ACP facilitators are instrumental in guiding participants through completion of an Advance Directive that is consistent with their healthcare goals, values, and beliefs. This thought- provoking, interactive workshop is for all adults age 18 and older. Advance care planning puts your voice at the center of your health care.

FREE notary service is offered for those who complete their Advance Directive in the workshop.

The Honoring Choices Pacific Northwest advance directive document is used in this workshop. INFO: www.honoringchoicespnw.org