{"id":354,"date":"2014-04-16T15:02:30","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T19:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/?p=354"},"modified":"2014-04-16T15:02:30","modified_gmt":"2014-04-16T19:02:30","slug":"national-healthcare-decisions-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/national-healthcare-decisions-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"National Healthcare Decisions Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, April 16, is National Healthcare Decisions Day. \u00a0I hope that you will take this time to discuss and document your healthcare wishes, or talk to your family members about their wishes.\u00a0 We all need to be prepared in the event of a health crisis, and having the talk is\u00a0easier than most people think, but many of us need\u00a0a little\u00a0inspiration or a reminder to do it.<\/p>\n<p>National Healthcare Decisions Day was established to\u00a0inspire, educate &amp; empower the public &amp; providers about the importance of advance care planning. \u00a0You can find all sorts of free resources, including free advance directive forms for each of the 50 states and a great short video to get you thinking and talking, on the NHDD website:\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.nhdd.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nhdd.org\/\">www.nhdd.org<\/a>.\u00a0 Additionally, please help spread the word with\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nhdd\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nhdd\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nationalhealthcaredecisionsday\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nationalhealthcaredecisionsday\">Facebook<\/a>, and\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?about=&amp;gid=3764115&amp;trk=anet_ug_grppro\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?about=&amp;gid=3764115&amp;trk=anet_ug_grppro\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advance care planning is something we ALL should do and encourage others to do, regardless of age or current health.\u00a0 Discussing your wishes\u00a0can be one of the most important gifts you ever give your loved ones.<\/p>\n<p><em>Related Resources from Healthinaging.org:<\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><a style=\"font-style: normal;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.magnetmail1.net\/link.cfm?r=1313048939&amp;sid=37964045&amp;m=4070249&amp;u=AGS_1&amp;j=18075834&amp;s=http:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/aging-and-health-a-to-z\/topic:advanced-directives-advanced-directives\/\" target=\"_blank\">Advance Directives: Basic Facts &amp; Information<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/resources\/resource:guide-to-advance-directives-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">Guide to Advanced Directives<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, April 16, is National Healthcare Decisions Day. \u00a0I hope that you will take this time to discuss and document your healthcare wishes, or talk to your family members about their wishes.\u00a0 We all need to be prepared in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/national-healthcare-decisions-day-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":357,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions\/357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}