ST. JOSEPH’S AND THE FRANCISCAN PLACE HOST EVENT ON ADVANCE CARE PLANNING

SYRACUSE - St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center in partnership with The Franciscan Place at Carousel Center in Syracuse will host a free informational table on advance care planning on Wednesday, April 30 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Carousel Center. Tables will be located on the first and second levels near the elevators.

The information is designed to educate the public about advance care planning and answer questions people may have about making important health care decisions. Trained facilitators will be on hand to help attendees fill out necessary health care proxy forms.

“Advance care planning should not only be thought of when someone is sick or dying,” said Adam Schechter, ethics associate at St. Joseph’s. “In fact the best time to think about your own health care wishes is when you are healthy and with a clear mind. Everyone needs to think about their options.”

The free advance care planning informational tables are sponsored by St. Joseph’s Ethics Committee and The Franciscan Place. For more information, call 448-5883.

St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center (www.sjhsyr.org) is a non-profit, 431-bed hospital and health care network providing services to patients from Onondaga and 15 surrounding counties. Through prevention programs and the latest diagnostic treatment procedures, St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center works with patients to achieve optimum long-term health. A seven-time winner of the National Research Corporation Consumer Choice award, St. Joseph’s is designated a Magnet Hospital for Nursing Excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the highest honor bestowed on a hospital for nursing care. St. Joseph’s is sponsored by the Sisters of St. Francis.

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