IN-PERSON: LGBTQ+ Advance Care Planning

Leaders: Lora Gerard MPA, Lori Fortini, MEd, Cheryl Sturgis, PA

Lunch provided

Advance care planning is preparing for your future healthcare and life decisions. It is the ongoing process of making your wishes and values known to your providers and caregivers.  Although thinking about end-of-life may be difficult, doing the work of Advance Care Planning before a crisis or health change occurs is a gift to yourself and your loved ones. If you do not make your preferences known, your providers and loved ones are left to make tough decisions without knowing what you’d really want. That hole in communication could result in extended intensive treatments or more limits on your care.

Individuals in the LGBTQ+ community may need extra protections in advance care planning to ensure dignity and avoid conflict or discrimination. This program will present information to help you think and talk about your wishes and plan for healthcare decisions with a chance to talk together over lunch.