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The perfect workbook to be self-aware about your health.
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About the authors Lisa White RN and Michael White LNHA, LALD
Lisa and Michael have witnessed firsthand throughout their medical careers why it is so important to keep accurate records of personal and health-related information. In the event of an injury, illness or through the aging process, loved ones will be so relieved that you have planned accordingly. Our motto is “Don’t wait till it’s too late” to begin planning.
We have authored this interactive workbook named “Family Conversations We Must Have but Do Not Want To” because we want to help families discern what information is truly relevant when our life or health conditions change. The series of questions that this workbook addresses are the same questions that we were faced with when a family member had lost her cognitive ability. We realize that these are hard questions, but the reality of needing this information will inevitably affect us all at some point in time. We hope that you find value in this interactive workbook and that it helps paint a clearer picture of you or your loved one’s wishes for their care.
A Personal Experience that changed our lives
In 2018, we experienced a family tragedy that helped guide us in writing this interactive workbook. Like many, we were unprepared for what happened to our mother. At 80 years-old, she was to enter the hospital for an outpatient procedure, during the cardiac procedure there was an unfortunate event that occurred, leaving her in the Intensive care unit for one month with limited cognitive ability. During the following months, we were left trying to manage her affairs for her, but only if we would have had the conversations that most of us do not want to have, and we were caught spending months and years trying to determine what our mother wanted for her care, and where were all of those important documents that we needed and were asked for, had we had this conversation with her prior, it would have made our lives and our understanding of her wishes much easier and clearer for us and relieved hours of searching and stress for the family.
This interactive workbook helps to guide you through the tough questions that we all must face at sometime in our lives or a loved one’s life, so please take the time and discuss the answers in this interactive workbook.
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