Do you have a plan if your health becomes an issue?
April is Advance Care Planning month, the process of planning for your health and personal care if you ever get sick, injured, or can’t speak for yourself.
The Nova Scotia Hospice Palliative Care Association is working to bring advance care education to communities throughout the province with the Advance Care Planning Project.
Executive Director Colleen Cash says this is something everyone should do.
“We never know when our health is going to be affected so ideally we would want people to start thinking about some of these things when they’re well because in times of crisis or in times of serious illness it can be more difficult.”
A session will be held in Yarmouth at the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Library on April 21st at noon.
Representative for the Yarmouth County Hospice Society Karen Gregor discussed one of the biggest barriers to advance care planning: starting the conversation.
“Some of us are more comfortable speaking about things that could happen to us in terms of incapacity, some of us are a little uncomfortable about the subject. Starting the conversation and thinking about the process is the important first step.”
Seating is limited to 20, hear more about the Advance Care Planning Project this Saturday morning on The Weekender.
