HSCTC
Creating Solutions together
A goal of the Health Planning Council is to educate Tompkins County residents about the importance of communicating their health care wishes to family, friends and advisors.
Sharing Your Wishes Program - for anyone 18 years or older.
Sharing Your Wishes is a local coalition of organizations and individuals. Our goal is to encourage anyone 18 years or older to plan in advance for their health care in the event that they experience an illness or condition that prevents them from making or communicating their wishes. We know that planning in advance is the best way to ensure that their choices are known, understood, and honored.
Keeping the Language Striaght (pdf)
Starting the Conversation (pdf)
Health Care Proxy Form (pdf)
End of Life Care Community Survey Results from a 2002 survey about end-of-life care in Tompkins County. More than 680 people provided responses to the 28 questions. It was part of a Community Conversation About Dying in Tompkins County reated by Hospicare, the HPC and many other organizations.
MOLST (Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) Individuals who have advanced progressive chronic illness, are terminally ill or who are interested in further defining their care wishes could discuss MOLST with their physician and other health careproviders. This form includs medical orders and patient preferences regarding specific life-sustaining measures.