Preparing for End-Of-Life Care: How to Start the Conversation of Options
October 22 Discussion to Help Families

Copley Hospital is pleased to announce a seminar that will help you start the conversation regarding end-of-life care with a loved one. The October 22nd seminar features several local clinicians and will help explain new legislation passed regarding patient choice. Local family practitioner Philip Kiely, MD of Morrisville Family Health Care will talk about how to begin the conversation about end-of-life care. Copley Hospital Nurse Director Donna Powell, RN will discuss useful definitions and hospital care and representatives from Lamoille Home Health and Hospice will speak about helping people remain at home. Guest speaker, Cindy Bruzzese, Executive Director of Vermont Ethics Network, who will present on the basics of Act 39, The Patient Choice and Control at End of Life. You will also learn about family and community resources and the importance of advance directives. A question and answer session will follow.

“Preparing for End-of-Life Care” will be held Tuesday, October 22 at 6:00pm at the Green Mountain Technical & Career Center in Hyde Park. The free seminar is a presentation of the Ethics Committee of the Copley Hospital Board of Trustees and is open to all members of the community. Registration is suggested by calling Louise Feldman at 888-8291 or email lfeldman@chsi.org.

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