Lawrence Area CHEC

CHEC and Advance Care Planning

CHEC is dedicated to providing the Lawrence, Kansas community with quality information about Advance Care Planning. CHEC presents quarterly educational programs concerning all aspects of completing a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care (DPOAHC) and information on Living Wills.

The DPOAHC is a legal document that allows a person to designate an agent who can make health care decisions for him/her during a period of disability or incapacity. The Living Will is a document that allows a person to state in advance that his/her dying should not be artificially prolonged under chosen circumstances. Even though these are legal documents, you do not need an attorney for completion, but they must be notarized or witnessed.

Our goal is to answer questions about why these documents are needed and how they are utilized. All programs are free and open to the public!

...CHEC out our Resource Center at the Lawrence Public Library for more information on advance care planning, chronic illness, pain management, caregiving and end-of-life choices. We thank the Library for generously providing space to house the Center.

Join Us

"UNDERSTANDING ADVANCE DIRECTIVES"...Our next public program will be held October 4, 2011. Lawrence Memorial Hospital, 2-4 p.m. Come learn why it is important to have a Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare.

Lawrence Area CHEC meets on the first Tuesday of odd numbered months. Our meetings and membership are open. We encourage you to join us!

NEXT MEETING: January 3, 2012, 3 p.m., Lawrence Memorial Hospital meeting room 2nd floor learning lab.