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CARING CONVERSATIONS®

The Caring Conversations® Workbook will guide you, your family and your friends through the process of advance care planning with a highly individualized focus. This workbook is available in English or Spanish and includes a Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare Decisions form and a Healthcare Directives form for your use. Download copies for your personal use.  If you need more than four copies, order hard copies here.

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Caring Conversations – An Introduction to Making Your Healthcare Wishes Known

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Advance Care Planning is a tender subject that has its own language which may be confusing. This introduction answers the most frequently asked questions about this important process.
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Even if you have thought about your healthcare wishes, talked to your family and friends and completed a Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare Decisions, circumstances change. There are specific decisions that may become critically important if you live with an advanced chronic illness or have been told you have a limited life expectancy. TPOPP can help! This booklet is available as an addition to the Workbook.
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Please download the Healthcare Directive and Durable Power of Attorney to include in your advance care packet. If you live in Kansas or Missouri, please download the Witnessing Rules for Advance Directives.
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