[Magdalen] end of life documents (was Re: Rant)

[James Handsfield]

I omitted also saying that Marcy and I have each planned our funerals which are now on file at St. Bede’s, Atlanta.  I’ve prepaid all fees for the services and interment of our ashes in St. Bede’s Memorial Garden.

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Education is its own reward, both for the individual and for society.

Jim Handsfield
jhandsfield at att.net

> On Feb 25, 2015, at 12:47 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I have looked into the options available for my mother, should they be necessary and the one area that concerns me is that here in TX, is that if the patient verbally 'voids' the documentation while being questioned by health care people,  it can be ignored or voided.  This is a troubling thought to me, as I have come to view hospitals (in the scope of my experience) dealing with the elderly rather pro-active to prolong life at any cost (procedures, machines, etc) and to intimidate/guilt family members. This combination of seeking patient ascent in the face of documentation for 'another way' and aggressive hospital action I have experienced before it was actually a 'life or death' situation, is something I just have to 'let go' of as mom and I move forward, and hope that circumstances like that do not present themselves.