INDIANAPOLIS
– Who do you want to speak for you and make health-care decisions when you are
unable to do so?
Advance
health-care directives instructions are given by individuals specifying what actions
should be taken for their health in the event that they are no longer able to
make decisions due to illness or incapacity.
That’s
why Franciscan St. Francis Health is helping lead and coordinate efforts to
educate the public about the importance of having advance health-care
directives.
Information
booths will be set up from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday, April 14, at Franciscan
St. Francis-Carmel
(12188-B N. Meridian St., main lobby); Wednesday, April 16, at Franciscan
St. Francis-Indianapolis
(8111 S. Emerson Ave., cafeteria) and Franciscan St. Francis-Mooresville
(1201 Hadley Road, main lobby).
An
information station will also be hosted at the Greenwood Park Mall from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. on April 16 at the Rejuvenation Station in front of Sears. Hospital
clinical experts, social workers and chaplains will be on hand to answer
questions.
The
events coincide with the National Health Care Decisions Day, designed to raise
awareness about the importance of advance care planning.
Click
here
to learn more about advance directives and related issues.
