Panel on Health Care Planning and Proxies at Sarah Lawrence College on Thursday, June 23
By Judith Schwartzstein, Vice President of Publicity, Sarah Lawrence College
Jun. 22, 2016: A heart attack, stroke, and other critical health conditions often come without warning, so making sure that loved ones understand your wishes when it comes to life-and-death issues is important.
On June 23, The Sarah Lawrence College End of Life Care Program will present "Choosing and Being an Effective Health Proxy," a program featuring a panel of experts who will discuss health care proxies, advance directives, organ donation cards, and living wills, among other advance-planning topics.
The panel discussion will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 pm in the Sarah Lawrence College Library Meeting Room. Admission is $15. Light refreshments will be served. To register for the program online, go to www.sarahlawrence.edu.
The program is underwritten by NewYork-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital and co-sponsored by Westchester County Department of Senior Programs and Services and The Westchester End-of-Life Coalition.
“Arguably the most critical component of an advance care plan is the choice of a health proxy, the person who will make decisions for us if we are incapacitated,’’ said Rebecca Johnson, associate director of Sarah Lawrence College Graduate and Professional Studies for the End of Life Care Program. “Some of us have accepted that role for loved ones, and others of us may be making or re-making that decision and have questions. This program is designed to answer these questions and others.’’
Among the questions that will be discussed by the panel of experts are: What is required of a health proxy? What criteria should the health proxy meet in order to guarantee our wishes are met? What happens when there is no health proxy?
Lisa Volpe, principal attorney in charge of the Special Litigation Unit of the New York State Mental Hygiene Legal Service, will lead a distinguished panel from NewYork-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital, the Sarah Lawrence End of Life Care Program, and the Westchester County Department of Senior Programs and Services.
Other panelists include Dr. Deborah Cappell, medical director at NYP/Lawrence Hospital's Inpatient Palliative Care Program; Marikay Capasso, coordinator of the Health for Life Program (HeLP; a chronic disease self-management program) of the Westchester County Department of Senior Programs and Services. Johnson will moderate.
Advance planning forms for New York State will be provided by the Westchester End-of-Life Coalition. For more information on the program, call 914-395-2371 or visit www.sarahlawrence.edu.
Pictured here: One of the entrances to Sarah Lawrence College.
Photo by N. Bower
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