Five Wishes
What would you do if an emergency broke out and you were unable to make health care choices for yourself? Does your family know exactly what you want to happen? Do you really know? Although no one wants to think about such scenarios a crisis can emerge at any given time therefore it is best to be prepared. A known program that has had a lot of success is called `Five Wishes'. Five wishes is the first living will discusses personal, emotional, and spiritual needs as well as your medical wishes. It lets you to choose the person you would like make health care decision in a case where you can't. Five wishes insures that however you choose to be treated is what will happen exactly.
Five wishes is set up to be beneficial for you and your family. It puts the end to the guessing game. This document is a way for the patient to talk to their family and doctors even if they are in a severely ill state.
The thought of five wishes initially came from Jim Towey. After 12 years of working closely to Mother Teresa and then living a year in hospice he was inspired to find way for patients and their families to plan ahead and cope with serious illness. The ending result was five wishes. The result of five wishes was a success. It has been featured on CNN and NBC's Today Show and in pages of Time and Money magazines. Five Wishes is often referred to as the first living will with a heart and soul'.
Five wishes is now available in 23 languages and is available in 42 states and also the District of Columbia. The only requirement of being eligible for Five Wishes is to be 18 or older. According to agingwithdignity.org over 13 million Americans have already used this program. And because of its success the document is continuously distributed and suggested by hospitals, hospices, retiree groups, and lawyers.
The application is broken down in 5 wishes.
Wish 1 addresses who you would like to make the decisions for you. This person is referred to as the patient’s agent. The agent can
Five wishes is set up to be beneficial for you and your family. It puts the end to the guessing game. This document is a way for the patient to talk to their family and doctors even if they are in a severely ill state.
The thought of five wishes initially came from Jim Towey. After 12 years of working closely to Mother Teresa and then living a year in hospice he was inspired to find way for patients and their families to plan ahead and cope with serious illness. The ending result was five wishes. The result of five wishes was a success. It has been featured on CNN and NBC's Today Show and in pages of Time and Money magazines. Five Wishes is often referred to as the first living will with a heart and soul'.
Five wishes is now available in 23 languages and is available in 42 states and also the District of Columbia. The only requirement of being eligible for Five Wishes is to be 18 or older. According to agingwithdignity.org over 13 million Americans have already used this program. And because of its success the document is continuously distributed and suggested by hospitals, hospices, retiree groups, and lawyers.
The application is broken down in 5 wishes.
Wish 1 addresses who you would like to make the decisions for you. This person is referred to as the patient’s agent. The agent can