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SUMMARY:Advance Directive Workshop (Poultney)
DESCRIPTION:What is it?A workshop focusing on answering questions about the Vermont Ethics Network’s Advance Directive Short Form. If the form is completed during the workshop\, participants may upload the form to the Vermont Advance Directive Registry for review and acceptance.\n\nTo review the form before the workshop go to www.vtethicsnetwork.org/forms for access.\n\nSpace is limited\, advanced registration is required.\n\nWho facilitates it?Nicole DeNoyers\n\nPlease Sign Up802-369.9440nicole.denoyers@vnahsr.org
URL:https://vermontvisitingnurses.org/event/advance-directive-workshop-poultney/
LOCATION:Young at Heart Senior Center – Poultney\, VT\, 35 Furnace St\, Poultney\, VT\, 05764\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advance Directive Workshop
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SUMMARY:Advance Directive Workshop Series - Bennington Senior Center
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nSimple\, Step-by-Step Planning for Your Health Care Wishes \nThis community workshop series walks through the VT Ethics Network Short Form Advance Directive one section at a time. Each session focuses on a single topic\, allowing participants to learn at a comfortable pace\, ask questions\, and reflect on what matters most to them. You may attend one workshop or the full series. No medical or legal background is required. \nLocation: Bennington Senior Center\, 124 Pleasant St #3\, Bennington\, VT 05201 \nFacilitators: Ed Keating\, Kathy Clark\, and Carol Steinmetz (Volunteers – VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region) \nWorkshop 2: Choosing a Health Care Agent \nLearn how to choose and name someone you trust to speak for you if you cannot speak for yourself. \nSponsored by: VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region\, Bennington\, VT \nFor more information or to register: Ed Keating \nEmail: Ed.Keating@vnahsr.org | Phone: 802-445-5520 \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://vermontvisitingnurses.org/event/advance-directive-workshop-series-bennington-senior-center-2/
LOCATION:Bennington Senior Center – Bennington\, VT\, 124 Pleasant Street #3\, Bennington\, Vermont\, 05201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advance Directive Workshop
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SUMMARY:Advance Directive Workshop Series - Bennington Senior Center
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nSimple\, Step-by-Step Planning for Your Health Care Wishes \nThis community workshop series walks through the VT Ethics Network Short Form Advance Directive one section at a time. Each session focuses on a single topic\, allowing participants to learn at a comfortable pace\, ask questions\, and reflect on what matters most to them. You may attend one workshop or the full series. No medical or legal background is required. \nLocation: Bennington Senior Center\, 124 Pleasant St #3\, Bennington\, VT 05201 \nFacilitators: Ed Keating\, Kathy Clark\, and Carol Steinmetz (Volunteers – VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region) \nWorkshop 1: Getting Started – Thinking About Your Health Care Wishes \nAn introduction to advance care planning\, personal values\, and what to prepare before completing an advance directive. \nSponsored by: VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region\, Bennington\, VT \nFor more information or to register: Ed Keating \nEmail: Ed.Keating@vnahsr.org | Phone: 802-445-5520 \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://vermontvisitingnurses.org/event/advance-directive-workshop-series-bennington-senior-center/
LOCATION:Bennington Senior Center – Bennington\, VT\, 124 Pleasant Street #3\, Bennington\, Vermont\, 05201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advance Directive Workshop
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SUMMARY:Advance Directive Workshop (Franklin)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \n\nWhat is it? \nTo assist community members in completing their advanced directives. Sharing tips\, answering questions and stimulating conversations. \nWho facilitates it? \nNicole DeNoyers \nRSVP here. \n802.369.9440 \nnicole.denoyers@vermontvisitingnurses.org \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://vermontvisitingnurses.org/event/advance-directive-workshop-franklin-2/
LOCATION:Bent Northrop Memorial Library\, 164 Park Street\, Fairfield\, Vermont
CATEGORIES:Advance Directive Workshop
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SUMMARY:Advance Directive Workshop (Franklin)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \n\nWhat is it? \nTo assist community members in completing their advanced directives. Sharing tips\, answering questions and stimulating conversations. \nWho facilitates it? \nNicole DeNoyers \nRSVP here. \n802.369.9440 \nnicole.denoyers@vermontvisitingnurses.org \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://vermontvisitingnurses.org/event/advance-directive-workshop-franklin/
LOCATION:Haston Library\, 5167 Main Street\, Franklin\, VT\, 05457\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advance Directive Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Nicole DeNoyers":MAILTO:nicole.denoyers@vermontvisitingnurses.org
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SUMMARY:Advance Directive Workshop (Rutland)
DESCRIPTION:What is it?\nA workshop focusing on answering questions about the Vermont Ethics Network’s Advance Directive Short Form. If the form is completed during the workshop\, participants may upload the form to the Vermont Advance Directive Registry for review and acceptance.\n\nTo review the form before the workshop go to www.vtethicsnetwork.org/forms.\n\nSpace is limited\, advanced registration is required.\n\nWho facilitates it? Nicole DeNoyers\n\nContact Nicole DeNoyers to sign up: 802.369.9440 | nicole.denoyers@vnahsr.org
URL:https://vermontvisitingnurses.org/event/advance-directive-workshop-rutland-3/
LOCATION:Rutland Free Library\, 10 Court Street\, Rutland\, 05701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advance Directive Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Nicole DeNoyers":MAILTO:nicole.denoyers@vermontvisitingnurses.org
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SUMMARY:Advance Directive Workshop (Rutland)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nWhat is it?\nA workshop focusing on answering questions about the Vermont Ethics Network’s Advance Directive Short Form. If the form is completed during the workshop\, participants may upload the form to the Vermont Advance Directive Registry for review and acceptance.\n\nTo review the form before the workshop go to www.vtethicsnetwork.org/forms.\n\nSpace is limited\, advanced registration is required.\n\nWho facilitates it? Nicole DeNoyers\n\nContact Nicole DeNoyers to sign up: 802.369.9440 | nicole.denoyers@vermontvisitingnurses.org\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://vermontvisitingnurses.org/event/advance-directive-workshop-rutland-2/
LOCATION:Rutland Free Library\, 10 Court Street\, Rutland\, 05701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advance Directive Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Nicole DeNoyers":MAILTO:nicole.denoyers@vermontvisitingnurses.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T100000
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SUMMARY:Advance Directive Workshop (Rutland)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nWhat is it?\nA workshop focusing on answering questions about the Vermont Ethics Network’s Advance Directive Short Form. If the form is completed during the workshop\, participants may upload the form to the Vermont Advance Directive Registry for review and acceptance.\n\nTo review the form before the workshop go to www.vtethicsnetwork.org/forms.\n\nSpace is limited\, advanced registration is required.\n\nWho facilitates it? Nicole DeNoyers\n\nContact Nicole DeNoyers to sign up: (802) 438-8111 | nicole.denoyers@vermontvisitingnurses.org\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://vermontvisitingnurses.org/event/advance-directive-workshop-rutland/
LOCATION:Rutland Free Library\, 10 Court Street\, Rutland\, 05701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advance Directive Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Nicole DeNoyers":MAILTO:nicole.denoyers@vermontvisitingnurses.org
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SUMMARY:Advance Directive Workshop (Bennington)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nWhat is it?\nTo assist community members in completing their advanced directives. Sharing tips\, answering questions and stimulating conversations.\nClose your eyes and imagine you have lost the ability to make health care decisions for yourself. Due to whatever cause\, your loved ones are now facing the difficult choice(s) about your health care. Think of who would be at your side. Do they know what you would want? Do they know what you wouldn’t want?\n\nWhat is the best way to guarantee that your wishes are known and honored in a situation like this? Talk through these situations with your family\, close friends and health care providers. Be clear with them about your goals and care preferences\, and then make sure to document them.\nWhile completing the process of advance care planning can be an uncomfortable topic to bring up\, the benefits to you and your loved ones are significant. It will help to ensure that the care you desire is the care you receive\, and prevents overtreatment or treatment by default. Having a plan will also decrease stress\, depression and anxiety for you and your family.\n\nAdvance care planning includes completing an advance directive\, sometimes known as a living will. It also includes appointing a healthcare power of attorney\, which is someone designated to make healthcare decisions on your behalf when you are no longer able to. Completing this task is even more important in the state of Vermont\, as it is not automatically your next of kin (spouse\, parent\, adult sibling\, etc.) who can make decisions if you are unable to speak for yourself. Once you have completed your advance directive\, do not lock it away in a desk or safe; share it with family members and providers who may need to access it. You can also submit copies to the Vermont Advance Directive Registry to be accessed by authorized health care facilities and providers when needed.\n\nWhen is the best time to complete the advance care planning process? The time is now. National Healthcare Decisions Day is April 16\, 2025. This day is dedicated to engaging the public to start thinking about personal wishes for health care\, begin discussing these wishes with loved ones and complete an advance directive. If you have already started this process\, fantastic! You are not off the hook though. Take this day to revisit your advance care planning documents and assess if they still accurately reflect your healthcare choices.\n\nRevisiting your documents is an extremely important step because as time goes by\, we change\, and potentially our healthcare choices may as well. A good habit would be to review every year on National Healthcare Decisions Day. Another approach would be to consider the “5 D’s” as times when your advance directive may need to be changed or updated. The “5 D’s” are: Decade birthday\, Diagnosis\, Deterioration\, Divorce or Death of someone close to you or that affects you. All of these events may affect how you think about future health care decisions for yourself.\n\nSo what is the takeaway?\nPlan. Talk. Document. Share. Encourage others in your life to do the same.\nWho facilitates it?\n\nEd Keating\, End of Life Doula\, Hospice Volunteer\, Bereavement Volunteer\n\nContact Ed Keating to sign up. 802-445-5520 | ed.keating@vermontvisitingnurses.org\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://vermontvisitingnurses.org/event/advanced-directive-workshop-bennington/
LOCATION:Bennington Free Library\, 101 Silver Streret\, Bennington\, VT\, 05201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advance Directive Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ed Keating":MAILTO:ed.keating@vermontvisitingnurses.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250828T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250828T140000
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SUMMARY:Advance Directive Workshop (Rutland)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nWhat is it?\nTo assist community members in completing their advanced directives. Sharing tips\, answering questions and stimulating conversations.\nClose your eyes and imagine you have lost the ability to make health care decisions for yourself. Due to whatever cause\, your loved ones are now facing the difficult choice(s) about your health care. Think of who would be at your side. Do they know what you would want? Do they know what you wouldn’t want?\nWhat is the best way to guarantee that your wishes are known and honored in a situation like this? Talk through these situations with your family\, close friends and health care providers. Be clear with them about your goals and care preferences\, and then make sure to document them.\nWhile completing the process of advance care planning can be an uncomfortable topic to bring up\, the benefits to you and your loved ones are significant. It will help to ensure that the care you desire is the care you receive\, and prevents overtreatment or treatment by default. Having a plan will also decrease stress\, depression and anxiety for you and your family.\nAdvance care planning includes completing an advance directive\, sometimes known as a living will. It also includes appointing a healthcare power of attorney\, which is someone designated to make healthcare decisions on your behalf when you are no longer able to. Completing this task is even more important in the state of Vermont\, as it is not automatically your next of kin (spouse\, parent\, adult sibling\, etc.) who can make decisions if you are unable to speak for yourself. Once you have completed your advance directive\, do not lock it away in a desk or safe; share it with family members and providers who may need to access it. You can also submit copies to the Vermont Advance Directive Registry to be accessed by authorized health care facilities and providers when needed.\nWhen is the best time to complete the advance care planning process? The time is now. If you have already started this process\, fantastic! You are not off the hook though. Take this day to revisit your advance care planning documents and assess if they still accurately reflect your healthcare choices.\nRevisiting your documents is an extremely important step because as time goes by\, we change\, and potentially our healthcare choices may as well. A good habit would be to review every year on National Healthcare Decisions Day. Another approach would be to consider the “5 D’s” as times when your advance directive may need to be changed or updated. The “5 D’s” are: Decade birthday\, Diagnosis\, Deterioration\, Divorce or Death of someone close to you or that affects you. All of these events may affect how you think about future health care decisions for yourself.\nSo what is the takeaway?\nPlan. Talk. Document. Share. Encourage others in your life to do the same.\nWho facilitates it? Nicole DeNoyers\nContact Nicole DeNoyers to sign up: 802.369.9440 | nicole.denoyers@vermontvisitingnurses.org\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://vermontvisitingnurses.org/event/advanced-directive-workshop-rutland-2/
LOCATION:Rutland Free Library\, 10 Court Street\, Rutland\, 05701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advance Directive Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Nicole DeNoyers":MAILTO:nicole.denoyers@vermontvisitingnurses.org
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SUMMARY:Advance Directive Workshop (Rutland)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nWhat is it?\nTo assist community members in completing their advanced directives. Sharing tips\, answering questions and stimulating conversations.\nClose your eyes and imagine you have lost the ability to make health care decisions for yourself. Due to whatever cause\, your loved ones are now facing the difficult choice(s) about your health care. Think of who would be at your side. Do they know what you would want? Do they know what you wouldn’t want?\n\nWhat is the best way to guarantee that your wishes are known and honored in a situation like this? Talk through these situations with your family\, close friends and health care providers. Be clear with them about your goals and care preferences\, and then make sure to document them.\nWhile completing the process of advance care planning can be an uncomfortable topic to bring up\, the benefits to you and your loved ones are significant. It will help to ensure that the care you desire is the care you receive\, and prevents overtreatment or treatment by default. Having a plan will also decrease stress\, depression and anxiety for you and your family.\n\nAdvance care planning includes completing an advance directive\, sometimes known as a living will. It also includes appointing a healthcare power of attorney\, which is someone designated to make healthcare decisions on your behalf when you are no longer able to. Completing this task is even more important in the state of Vermont\, as it is not automatically your next of kin (spouse\, parent\, adult sibling\, etc.) who can make decisions if you are unable to speak for yourself. Once you have completed your advance directive\, do not lock it away in a desk or safe; share it with family members and providers who may need to access it. You can also submit copies to the Vermont Advance Directive Registry to be accessed by authorized health care facilities and providers when needed.\n\nWhen is the best time to complete the advance care planning process? The time is now. If you have already started this process\, fantastic! You are not off the hook though. Take this day to revisit your advance care planning documents and assess if they still accurately reflect your healthcare choices.\n\nRevisiting your documents is an extremely important step because as time goes by\, we change\, and potentially our healthcare choices may as well. A good habit would be to review every year on National Healthcare Decisions Day. Another approach would be to consider the “5 D’s” as times when your advance directive may need to be changed or updated. The “5 D’s” are: Decade birthday\, Diagnosis\, Deterioration\, Divorce or Death of someone close to you or that affects you. All of these events may affect how you think about future health care decisions for yourself.\n\nSo what is the takeaway?\nPlan. Talk. Document. Share. Encourage others in your life to do the same.\n\nWho facilitates it? Nicole DeNoyers\n\nContact Nicole DeNoyers to sign up: 802.369.9440 | nicole.denoyers@vermontvisitingnurses.org\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://vermontvisitingnurses.org/event/advanced-directive-workshop-rutland/
LOCATION:VNA & Hospice – Rutland\, VT\, 7 Albert Cree Dr.\, Rutland\, VT\, 05701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advance Directive Workshop
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