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How to Get Your End of Life Care Wishes Respected and Receive Good Quality Care

Name: How to Get Your End of Life Care Wishes Respected and Receive Good Quality Care
Start: 2020-01-16T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2020-01-16T11:00:00-05:00
Location: Raices Senior Center

January 16, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

EOLCNY Latino Outreach Coordinator Constanza Prieto Figelist will present “How to Get Your End of Life Care Wishes Respected and Receive Good Quality Care” in Spanish and English at Raices Senior Center. This presentation will provide a guide to navigating today’s health care system, including:

What palliative care is and how and when it can benefit you
How to inform your doctors about your end of life care goals and treatment preferences
The difference between a health care proxy, a living will, and a do not resuscitate order
How hospices provide for a better quality of life and a more peaceful death

This event is made possible through a grant from the New York Foundation for Eldercare.