Experts from Compass Regional Hospice and the Hope & Healing Center will lead a discussion about letting important people in our lives know how we want to live until the final days of life.

Topics will include

• the importance of making your wishes known to family, friends and physicians
• obtaining support from health care providers
• legal documentation of your wishes
• the emotional impact of having these sensitive conversations
• suggestions for how to begin and continue with these conversations
• hospice philosophy
• available resources and materials

Leading the discussion will be

• Sharon Loving, LCSW-C, supervisor of support services and a social worker experienced in helping families have conversations about how they want to live and die with dignity
• Lisa Adkins, MS, RN, CRNP, an Adult/Geriatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner and former hospice nurse, who specializes in caring for those 16 years and older, who have been diagnosed with a life-limiting illness.