(Name) Bar Association Offers Presentation on Health-Care Planning

CITY, Date - After a fatal accident that claimed the life of their father and left their mother on life support, sisters Beverly and Claudia spent months in court in a dispute over how their mother's last wishes should be carried out. Even the closest of families can find themselves in similar legal cases involving the care of a loved one who is unable to express their end-of-life care preferences.

To help prepare you and answer any questions that you may have, the (BAR ASSOCIATION NAME HERE) is presenting "Effective Planning for Health Care Decision-Making at the End of Life" (date) at (time). This program will help individuals to learn more about end-of-life plans, or advance directives, and how having such a plan can be benefit you and your family.

"We'd like to imagine death as a peaceful process," PRESIDENT'S NAME HERE, president of the (BAR ASSOCIATION NAME HERE) said. "However, this is not always the case. Developing written advance directives can help alleviate the burden placed on your family when difficult decisions must be made."

The (NAME OF BAR ASSOCIATION) expects that this program will create awareness of the need to develop a plan. During this hour-long presentation, attendees will learn what advanced directives can and cannot do, how to make the most out of your end-of-life plan, and how to select an agent or proxy. Although death can be difficult to think about, it is something we all face. Preparation makes it easier for the loved ones we leave behind.

Although there is no charge for admission, reservations by phoning XXX-XXX-XXXX are requested.

  Effective Health Care Decision-Making at the End of Life

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