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Documentary addresses end-of-life issues at Hospice seminar

| 06 Sep 2018 | 01:39
    Hospice of Orange and Sullivan Counties, Inc.: will host the documentary: "Being Mortal," sheds new light on how our system so often focused on a cure, neglects the important conversations that need to happen so that a person’s true priorities can be known and honored, based on the best seller "Being Mortal" by Dr. Atul Gawande.
    Hospice of Orange and Sullivan Counties, Inc.: will host the documentary: "Being Mortal," sheds new light on how our system so often focused on a cure, neglects the important conversations that need to happen so that a person’s true priorities can be known and honored, based on the best seller "Being Mortal" by Dr. Atul Gawande.

CORNWALL — When should is it time to call Hospice?
Hundreds of times each year, patients and families tell Hospice of Orange and Sullivan Counties, Inc.: “We wish we called hospice sooner.”
Patients and families can benefit most from hospice care when they seek support earlier rather than in a crisis.
Will our physician tell us when it’s time for hospice?
Not always. Some physicians hesitate to bring up hospice because they sincerely want to preserve hope for a cure.
Frequently, they will continue to pursue treatment because they think that’s what the patient and family want.
In other cases, such as with congestive heart failure or lung disease (COPD), it may be difficult for them to predict the rate of a patient’s decline.
When a doctor does mention hospice care, he or she is simply presenting an option for comfort, which in many cases may actually lengthen life by increasing the quality of the time remaining. It is important that you and your doctor talk openly and share the same goals for maintaining quality of life.
Hospice of Orange and Sullivan Counties, Inc. is in its 30th year of bringing compassionate physical emotional and spiritual end of life care with comfort, dignity and respect.
The organization is holding a seminar series in order to answer questions about death.
If you go
The Being Mortal Community Project/Cornwall
Friday, Sept. 14, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Town of Cornwall Senior Center (Munger Cottage)
Behind the Cornwall Library/395 Hudson Street, Cornwall
A documentary will be presented with Q&A hosted by Dr. Danielle Belser, Associate Medical Director and members of a Hospice Care Team
Free and open to the public but reservations are requested due to limited space.
For additional information, call Janice Valentino 561-6143 ext. 324 or email janicev@hospiceoforange.com.
The Being Mortal documentary shares new light on how our system so often focused on a cure, neglects the important conversations that need to happen so that a person’s true priorities can be known and honored, based on the best seller "Being Mortal" by Dr. Atul Gawande.