Critical Decisions in Health Care & End of Life Issues
STARTING THE CONVERSATIONS:
CRITICAL DECISIONS IN HEALTH CARE & END OF LIFE ISSUES
Corpus Christi, St. Edward the Confessor, and St. Mary’s are sponsoring a series of four presentations called “Starting the Conversations: Critical Decisions in Health Care & End of Life Issues.” The focus of these seminars will be on making “preplanned” decisions for “end of life” issues. The sessions are meant for all generations and are open to all parishes and the public.
There is no cost. All sessions will begin at 6:30 PM and will run between 60 and 90 minutes each.
CRITICAL MEDICAL DECISIONS/ADVANCED DIRECTIVES _Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Maureen Cavanagh, MS, MAHCM, RN, Manager of Ethics Services St. Peter’s Health Services
Location: St. Edward the Confessor Church, 569 Clifton Park Center Road, Clifton Park
- Health Care Proxy, Living Wills, DNR, MOLST, Organ Donation
- Planning your health care in advance…How to make your wishes known and honored if
you can no longer speak for yourself
- Family Health Care Decisions Act 2010
LEGAL ISSUES Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Tara Anne Pleat, Esq., Wilcenski & Pleat PLLC Attorneys at Law
Location: St. Mary’s Church Crescent, 86 Church Hill Road, Waterford
- Wills, Trusts, Revocable Living Trusts, Power of Attorney, Durable Power of Attorney
- Joint Banking Accounts, Probate, Health Care Proxy Forms
- What to consider when creating these documents
UNDERSTANDING HOSPICE CARE Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Patricia Spreitzer, RN, BSN, Community Nurse Liaison for Rensselaer County Hospice
Location: St. Edward the Confessor Church, 569 Clifton Park Center Road, Clifton Park
- Hospice Care, an Experience of Hope
- When to consider Hospice Care and the related fears
- How Hospice affects the ill person as well as the family
WAKE/FUNERAL PLANNING/CEMETERY ISSUES Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Very Rev. Joseph Cebula, Pastor, St. Mary’s Church, Crescent
Vincent Fronczek, Vice President & Funeral Director, Parker Bros. Memorial Funeral Home
Rick Touchette, Executive Director, Albany Diocesan Cemeteries
Location: Corpus Christi Church, 2001 Route 9 at Ushers Road, Round Lake
- Components of a Roman Catholic Funeral – vigil & related rites, liturgy , committal
- Preplanning the wake and funeral from both the church’s viewpoint and from the
funeral director’s viewpoint
- Cemetery Issues, including cremation
To register, please call or email one of the following no later than September 30, 2014:
Corpus Christi - Rob/Shirley Pilch 877-8506 ext.
St. Edward’s - Mary Ann Sekellick 371-7372 ext. 224
St. Mary’s - Jeanne Gracon 371-9632 ext. 11
Register for one or all FREE sessions of this series. Registration ensures availability of handouts.
Everyone is Welcome!