[ShareTompkins] Fwd: Talk on Advance Directives

[Shira Golding]

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> From: Service Coordinator <elizabeth at mcgrawhouse.org>
> Date: May 2, 2011 5:13:41 PM EDT
> To: TC-HSC-L <TC-HSC-L at cornell.edu>
> Subject: Talk on Advance Directives
> Reply-To: Service Coordinator <elizabeth at mcgrawhouse.org>
>
> Healthcare Decision Making / Advance Planning
>
> Are you aware of the legal documents that can help every New Yorker  
> plan ahead and make better, more informed health care and financial  
> decisions.  These documents include the health care proxy, power of  
> attorney, and will.  These are useful tools in advance planning and  
> help us communicate our wishes to loved ones.  If you would like to  
> learn more about these legal tools, you may wish to attend a free  
> presentation by a knowledgeable attorney:
>
> Presenter:    Marcie Finlay, Elder Law Attorney
> Date:      Thursday, May 12
> Time:      2:30 PM
> Place:     McGraw House, 221 So. Geneva St, Ithaca
>
> Also saying a few words will be Beverly Hammons from the Health  
> Planning Council's Sharing Your Wishes project.  Beverly will speak  
> about the importance of the health care proxy for all New Yorkers  
> over the age of 18.  She will provide written information on the  
> steps you can take to help you think about and follow through on  
> appointing a health care proxy.
>
> Tompkins County residents of all ages are welcome to this free  
> presentation.  On street parking only.  If you have any questions,  
> call Elizabeth Schneider at McGraw House, 272-7054.  We hope to see  
> you there.
>
> This presentation is part of Mitchell Rabbino National Healthcare  
> Decisions Day, a statewide program of the NYS Bar Association.   
> Through this public service project, attorneys around the State  
> volunteer their time to give free presentations to explain the legal  
> procedures and documents associated with advance planning and  
> advance directives.  The goal is to help New York citizens of all  
> ages make better, informed health care and financial decisions.
>
> __
> Elizabeth Schneider, MSW
> Service Coordinator
> McGraw House
> 700 McGraw House
> Ithaca, NY  14850-5468
> (607) 272-7054
> Fax: (607) 272-3614
>
>

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