Salem Hospital - Community Health Education Center
Program Detail

Key Conversations About End-of-life Care

Location: Building D - 939 Oak Street SE
Room: CHEC Classroom #1

Aug 9, 2012 (one day)

Meets 2:00 PM-4:00 PM
on Th

Level: Open to anyone

Status: This program is completed
Control. Dignity. Meaning. How can you ensure your end-of-life wishes are respected? The answer lies in a document called an advance directive which allows you to express your decisions about care before a medical crisis occurs.

This Key Conversations™ workshop offers instruction in preparing an advance directive. Attendees are given a planning guide to keep which includes conversation starters, discussion questions and worksheets, a wallet card and an advance directive legal form. Topics discussed include views on prolonging life, CPR, receiving food and water through a tube, breathing machines, living with dementia, managing pain and comfort, organ and tissue donation, thoughts on hospice care, and designated decision makers. Family members may attend together if desired. Learn how to express your choices.
  • We are not able to give legal advice; anyone needing specific legal advice will need to contact their own legal counsel.

Instructor -- Pastoral Care
The Pastoral Care Department's mission is to provide a ministry of spiritual care, encouragement, hope, healing and communication among patients, families and staff. Chaplains can help in a number of ways, including providing emotional and spiritual support; counseling on health care decisions; grief and loss and death and dying issues and assisting with advance directive documents.

Things you need to know:

Pre-registration is required for most Salem Hospital classes. We sometimes have to cancel classes because there aren't enough people registered. Please don't wait until the last minute to register - you may find the class has been cancelled!

Bad weather - We generally follow the Salem-Keizer School District. If Salem-Keizer Schools close due to weather, most likely any CHEC classes that day will be canceled. If you're not sure, please call 503-814-2432 to find out. But no matter what, if you don't feel safe driving, please stay home: we'd rather have you miss a class than risk hazardous roads and sidewalks!

Cancellation - If Salem Health cancels a class, a full refund or a class transfer will be issued.

Withdrawal - If you notify us at least 7 days before the start of a class or session that you can't attend, we will give you a full refund.

Medical Refund - A full refund will be issued if an illness or injury causes you to miss a class or part of a class. A note from your physician may be needed to get a medical refund.

Refund checks will be mailed, which takes about 3 weeks. Cash refunds are not available.
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