Never Say “Die”
Never Say ‘Die’: Why So Many Doctors Won’t Break Bad News JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News [republished with permission] PORTLAND, Ore. — After nearly 40 years as an internist, Dr. […]
Advance care planning
The Six Keys to Care Planning Success
Care planning is the way you can obtain the health and medical care you want and avoid the care you don’t want, even if you’re ill and can’t speak for […]
How solid is your advance care planning?
Can you score 100 (perfect) on the Annual Advance Care Planning Scorecard? If you can, it means you’re up-to-date on selecting and updating your designated agents, on your advance directive […]
How to change my health proxy?
Question: Christine asked us online “How to change my health proxy?” Answer: Christine, we’re assuming that you are asking how to change the person you’ve named to make care decisions for you […]
Series of Smarties classes starts May 8 at Torrance Memorial
Advance Care Planning for Smarties is our popular five-part series on advance care planning. We cover how to select a best person to speak for you, advance directive documents, why […]
Being Mortal free film screening April 27
You’re invited to a free screening and discussion of the PBS program “Being Mortal.” This event is a program of Torrance Memorial Medical Center presented in partnership with Caring House. […]
Naming Test #4 — Advance Care Planning
“Who Ya Gonna Name?” leads off our popular Advance Care Planning for Smarties series of community classes. See more about our classes at yourcaringhouse.org/resources. Step #1 Step #1 in advance […]
Naming Test #3 — Advance Care Planning
“Who Ya Gonna Name?” leads off our popular Advance Care Planning for Smarties series of community classes. See more about our classes at yourcaringhouse.org/resources. Step #1 Step #1 in advance […]
Advance Care Planning Naming Test #2
“Who Ya Gonna Name?” leads off our popular Advance Care Planning for Smarties series of community classes. See more about our classes at yourcaringhouse.org/resources. Step #1 Step #1 in advance […]
Advance Care Planning Naming Test #1
“Who Ya Gonna Name?” leads off our popular Advance Care Planning for Smarties series of community classes. See more about our classes at yourcaringhouse.org/resources. Step #1 Step #1 in advance […]