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PRODUCED BY:
Axiom Action
Centura
Colorado Healthcare Ethics Forum
Denver Health Medical Plan, Inc.
The Denver Hospice
Denver Oncology Consortium
Denver Urban Ministries
Enclara Health
Exempla Healthcare
50Plus Marketplace News
Haven Behavioral Senior Care
HealthONE
Hospice of Saint John
Olinger Mortuaries & Cemeteries
Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers

Symposium 2010

Planning for your Future or the Future of a Loved one

We invite the general public, caregivers, doctors, nurses, administrators, members of ethics committees, clergy, social workers, attorneys, financial planners and anyone involved in end-of-life care, to participate in a day of learning and engaging.

David Casarett, MD

David Casarett, MD

DAVID CASARETT, MD - Explores questions, challenges an choices at the end of life in his new book, Last Acts: Discovering Possibilities and opportunities at the End of Life.  Casarett offers compelling insight and guidance into the ways that people choose to spend their last days and helps loved ones prepare for navigating the journey.

DAVID KOETS, MD - Chair, Colorado Advance Directives Consortium

DAYNA MATTHEW, JD - Associate Dean and Assistant Professor, University of Colorado and Center for Bioethics and Humanitites

PAUL MALLEY - President, Aging with Dignity - the national non-profit that created the Five Wishes advance directive

PANEL - Discussion with citizens and experts moderated by Kim Christiansen of 9News

AND MUCH MORE!

Topics for Discussion:

  • How to talk with your family, your doctor, your clients, your patients
  • Don't get caught in a crisis/managing a crisis when one occurs
  • How to make your Living Will work
  • Reflecting on your life's legacy
  • End-of-life legislation and policy updates
Continental breakfast and box lunch included.
Day-long exhibition by our sponsors offering information on products and services for advance care planning, end-of-life care, community outreach, helpful books and resources.
Optional lunchtime screening of the profoundly moving and instructive film, Dying Wish, with “talk-back” from several experts featured in the film.
Closing performance by Bovine Metropolis. Denver’s premiere comedy improv group will explore the lighter side of the day’s theme and leave us all with a laugh.