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How to Get Your End of Life Care Wishes Respected and Receive Good Quality Care/ Cómo Lograr que Nuestros Deseos de Fin de Vida sean Respetados

Name: How to Get Your End of Life Care Wishes Respected and Receive Good Quality Care/ Cómo Lograr que Nuestros Deseos de Fin de Vida sean Respetados
Start: 2019-08-07T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2019-08-07T12:00:00-04:00
Location: Jefferson Senior Center

August 7, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

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 the Red Hook Neighborhood Senior Center or August 19th.

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

Details

Date:: August 7, 2019
Time:: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Venue

: Jefferson Senior Center
: 2205 First Ave
New York, NY 10029 + Google Map