Five Wishes: Advance Care Planning For Everyone (Karen Wyatt Interviews Joanne Eason)
Dr. Karen Wyatt, from End-of-Life University, interviews Joanne Eason. Eason is the president of Five Wishes, the nation's only national advance care planning program. She discusses the history of the Five Wishes organization and the benefits of using the Five Wishes form as an advance directive. We review the reasons why everyone over age 18 needs and advance directive and how Five Wishes can meet that need. Learn more at the website:
https://www.fivewishes.org/
This episode includes:
• The original inspiration behind Five Wishes
• Which states recognize Five Wishes as a legal document
• Why choose Five Wishes over state advance directive forms
• The benefits of planning ahead for the end of life
• The importance of choosing the best person as a healthcare proxy
• Why Five Wishes asks individuals to define "what life support treatment means to me"
• The importance of including questions about more than just wishes for medical treatment in advance care planning
• What steps to take after completing Five Wishes
Original YouTube Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHHBxklL45A
Karen Wyatt, End-of-Life University Podcast
https://eolupodcast.com/
https://www.patreon.com/eolu
See Also:
Dealing Creatively with Death: A Manual of Death Education and Simple Burial
https://amzn.to/3KvkpdK
Death With Dignity - The Case for Legalizing Physician-Assisted Dying and Euthanasia
https://amzn.to/40WSRDt
When Loved Ones & Friends Pass From This World To The Next
http://the-formula.org/when-loved-ones-friends-pass-from-this-world-to-the-next/
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