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SUMMARY:Living With Loss - Free\, Weekly Bereavement Support (Bennington)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nJoin us for a free bereavement support group facilitated by Jamie Losikoff-Kent\, LCSW Bereavement Coordinator\, at VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region.\n\nBereavement Support groups offer participants a space to process their grief\, share and receive helpful coping strategies and create a community with others walking a similar path.\n\nFree and available to the community.\n\nTo pre-register\, call: 802-779-5061\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region – Bennington\, Putnam Block\, 335 Main St.\, Office C\, Bennington\, VT\, 05201\, United States
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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
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SUMMARY:Living With Loss - Free\, Weekly Bereavement Support (Manchester)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nJoin us for a free bereavement support group facilitated by Jamie Losikoff-Kent\, LCSW Bereavement Coordinator\, at VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region.\n\nBereavement Support groups offer participants a space to process their grief\, share and receive helpful coping strategies and create a community with others walking a similar path.\n\nFree and available to the community.\n\nAdditional 8-week sessions are available\, reach out for more information.\n\nTo pre-register\, call: 802-779-5061\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://vermontvisitingnurses.org/event/living-with-loss-free-weekly-bereavement-support-manchester/
LOCATION:VNA & Hospice – Manchester\, VT\, 5468 Main Street\, Manchester Center\, VT\, 05255\, United States
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