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Community forums focus on new end-of-life option law

April 19, 2016 7:42 am

TUESDAY, 19 APRIL 2016 00:17 EDITOR

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A new end-of-life option law will take effect in California on June 9, 2016.

Hospice Services of Lake County is holding community forums to update Lake County residents, health care professionals and local leaders on the requirements of the new law which authorizes medical aid in dying as an end-of-life care for terminally ill adults.

Forums are free and open to the public.

Experts from Compassion and Choices, an organization committed to expanding choice at the end-of-life, will be presenting information at the forums.

Hospice Services of Lake County representatives will be available to answer questions about their services and clarify differences in end-of-life options.

Community partners assisting with the effort to inform Lake County residents about the implementation of the new law are Lake County Tribal Health, Sutter Lakeside Hospital and St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake.

Forums will be held as follows:

– Monday, April 25, 6:30 p.m., Room 209, Woodland Community College, 15880 Dam Road Extension, Clearlake.

– Tuesday, April 26, 6:30 p.m., Lakeport Senior Center, 527 Konocti Ave., Lakeport.

Hospice Services and VA benefits to be explained

July 20, 2015 10:53 pm

MONDAY, 20 JULY 2015 22:53 EDITOR

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Do you qualify for reimbursement from the Department of Veterans Affairs? What services are available to you from hospice?

Did you know that without a power of attorney for health care (or advanced healthcare directive) and unmarried partner cannot authorize any funeral arrangements? Did you know that the VA does not pay any monies in advance for funeral costs?

Join representatives from the Lake County Veterans Service Office and Hospice Services of Lake County on Thursday, July 23, to get answers to these questions and other valuable information to help you and your family make a plan for end-of-life needs.

The meeting will take place beginning at 1 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, Konocti Post 437, 14770 Austin Road, Clearlake.