News - Aging with Dignity
- Nation's most popular advance directive can now be completed securely online, saved in PDF and printed out - TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- America's most widely used advance directive, Five Wishes, is now available in an online format, allowing users to make important health care decisions before a health crisis, just like the booklet version of Five Wishes.
- Presidential Executive Order affirms bedside access to the legally designated health care agent; a victory for all patients everywhere - TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Aging with Dignity President Paul Malley praised President Barack Obama's Executive Order dated April 15, 2010 in which he instructs hospitals participating in Medicare/Medicaid to allow bedside access to the patient's legally designated health care agent.
- Praise for Sen. Arlen Specter for calling for hearings into grossly flawed document he says "pushes pulling the plug." TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Aug.
- Advance directive forms that attempt to steer users toward a preferred conclusion are fundamentally dishonest and give advance care planning a bad name, Aging with Dignity President says - TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Aug.
- Encourage states to allow citizens to use their own words, not government forms, to express their health care wishes; "Five Wishes" living will is a national resource for advance care planning - TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Aging with Dignity, a national non-profit organization that created and distributes the Five Wishes living will, joins with thousands of other organizations nationwide on April 16th to encourage Americans to complete an advance directive on National Healthcare Decisions Day.
