Several Advance Care Planning workshops are planned in the area this spring
In the blink of an eye, circumstances change lives. At any age a medical crisis could leave someone too ill to make his or her own health care decisions.
Stephanie VanSlyke, R.N., of Munson Medical Center’s Advance Care Planning Department and Intensive Care Unit, offers several advance care planning workshops in the region this spring on “How to Make Your Medical Wishes Known.”
She will help participants understand possible future health care decisions and treatment choices, as well as how to effectively communicate health care choices and describe what is important and personal values. Participants will recognize and understand the importance of choosing the right person to be their voice if they lose the ability to communicate their wishes.
Code status and out-of-hospital do not resuscitate orders also will be explained.
VanSlyke also will provide a page-by-page walk through Munson Healthcare’s Advance Medical Directive and Treatment preferences booklet.
Programs are planned for:
• March 28 from 6 - 8 p.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Church, 1025 S. Union St. in Traverse City.
• March 30 from 6 - 8 p.m. at Suttons Bay Bingham District Library, 416 Front St. in Suttons Bay.
• April 5, from 9 - 11 a.m. at Munson Medical Center’s Dining Room 4, 1105 Sixth St. in Traverse City.
• May 3, from 3 - 5 p.m. at Munson Medical Center’s Dining Room 3, 1105 Sixth St. in Traverse City.
• May 6, from 10:30 a.m. - noon at Glen Lake Community Reformed Church, 4902 W. MacFarlane Road, Glen Arbor.
• June 7, from 9 - 11 a.m. at Munson Medical Center’s Dining Room 4, 1105 Sixth St. in Traverse City.
While the sessions are free, registration is requested. To register for a seminar, go to munsonhealthcare.org/acp-events or call 231-935-6176.