Advance Care Planning

Everyone 18 and over needs to make an advance care plan. Most likely your plan will be very different if you are a young parent, than if you are an older adult who is living in a long term care residence.

Advance care plans are dynamic. As our lives change, as we acquire more wealth such as buying a home, or as our children move out of the home, we find our needs and desires change.

Here is our current Advance Care Planning meetings schedule:


Funeral Planning

Pre-Need Funeral Planning is one of the most important responsibilities that we all have to our families. Planning a funeral is very personal and something that often happens when families and loved ones are in crises due to lack of pre-planning. The discussion will focus on selecting and paying for traditional funerals, cremations and green funerals. The session will cover regulations, costs, and how to do comparison shopping.

Date/Time: November 9 | Noon to 1:00 p.m.

Location: Virtual (Zoom)

Presenter: Eileen Doherty, MS, Colorado Gerontological Society

Note: You will receive a confirmation e-mail to verify/complete registration

Organ and Tissue Donation

United Network for Organ Sharing is a private, non-profit organization that manages the nation’s organ transplant system under contract with the federal government. During this session, we will learn more about who decides who gets a donate organ, who can donate and how, what happens after organ donation, and how we can increase transplants.

Date/Time: January 11, 2024 | 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Location: Virtual (Zoom)

Presenter: Eileen Doherty, MS, Colorado Gerontological Society

Note: You will receive a confirmation e-mail to verify/complete registration

Quality of Life: Hospice Care

Hospice care provides compassionate care for people in the last phases of incurable disease so that they may live as fully and comfortably as possible. The hospice philosophy accepts death as the final stage of life: it affirms life, but does not try to hasten or postpone death.

Hospice care focuses on the care, comfort, and quality of life of a person with a serious illness who is approaching the end of life. At some point, it may not be possible to cure a serious illness, or a patient may choose not to undergo certain treatments. Hospice is designed for this situation.

Learn more about when and how hospice care is appropriate for your or your family member.

Date/Time: February 8, 2024 | 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.

Location: Virtual (Zoom)

Presenter: Eileen Doherty, MS, Colorado Gerontological Society

Having the Conversation with Your Family

Many people avoid having conversations with family because they are not sure of their own wishes, they are afraid that family will not understand, or that family may exploit them and their wishes.

The purpose for having conversations with multiple individuals such as family, your physician, neighbors and friends or others who matter to you is to provide guidance for such things as care as you are less able to make decisions or as your condition deteriorates, what you want to happen with your property including money, personal belongings and other valuables, as well as handling your final remains.

Learn about ways to begin the conversation, practice what you want to say, writing down your thoughts, and eventually taking the risk to share with the significant individuals in your life who need to know.

Date/Time: March 14, 2024 | 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Location: Virtual (Zoom)

Presenter: Eileen Doherty, MS, Colorado Gerontological Society

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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