{"id":70063,"date":"2017-10-25T09:53:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T19:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=70063"},"modified":"2021-06-09T07:11:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T17:11:20","slug":"nite-of-the-living-will-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/10\/25\/nite-of-the-living-will-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Nite of the Living Will offers end of life care and decision-making information"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_51476\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51476\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/manoa-elderlaw-handbook-1.jpg\" alt=\"Deciding What&#039;s Next and Trying to Remember bookcover\" width=\"310\" height=\"420\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/manoa-elderlaw-handbook-1.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/manoa-elderlaw-handbook-1-192x260.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A legal handbook for <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>&#8217;s older persons, families and caregivers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As part of its commitment to serving elders, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.hawaii.edu\/\">William S. Richardson School of Law<\/a> at the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa, offers the popular Nite of the Living Will in the school&#8217;s Moot Courtroom on Halloween, October 31, 3 p.m. The event will focus on end of life medical treatment, decision-making and advance care planning. The Nite of the Living Will is particularly aimed at kupuna, family caregivers and service providers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To save a seat, call (808) 956-6544 or email <a href=\"mailto:uhelp.edu@gmail.com\">uhelp.edu@gmail.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;This will help you communicate your wishes for end of life care,&rdquo; said Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.hawaii.edu\/personnel\/pietsch\/james\"><strong>James Pietsch<\/strong><\/a>, director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/uhelp\/\"><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Elder Law Program<\/a> (糖心Vlog官方ELP).<\/p>\n<p>Topics covered during the Nite of the Living Will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Informed consent\/informed refusal<\/li>\n<li>Surrogate decision-making<\/li>\n<li>Advance directives, including individual instructions for healthcare and durable powers of attorney for healthcare, plus comfort care only<\/li>\n<li>DNR bracelets\/necklaces<\/li>\n<li>provider orders for life-sustaining treatment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also available that afternoon is a publication produced by <abbr>糖心Vlog官方ELP<\/abbr>, <em>Deciding What\u2019s Next and Trying to Remember<\/em>, a legal handbook for <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>\u2019s older persons, families and caregivers. The handbook was published as a partnership between <abbr>糖心Vlog官方ELP<\/abbr> and the City and County of Honolulu Elderly Affairs Division with funding from the U.S. Administration on Aging. <em>Deciding What\u2019s Next and Trying to Remember<\/em> was written and compiled by Pietsch and <abbr>糖心Vlog官方ELP<\/abbr> Administrative Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.hawaii.edu\/personnel\/lee\/lenora\"><strong>Lenora Lee<\/strong><\/a>. The handbooks are also available at the 糖心Vlog官方 law school administration front desk at 2515 Dole St.<\/p>\n<p>Faculty and students are welcome to Nite of the Living Will. Parking is available for $5 in the quarry parking structure.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Beverly Creamer<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 糖心Vlog官方 Elder Law Program event focus on end of life medical treatment decision-making and advance care planning and  is particularly aimed at kupuna, family caregivers and service providers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[739,9,68],"class_list":["post-70063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-uh-elder-law-program","tag-uh-manoa","tag-william-s-richardson-school-of-law","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70063"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143444,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70063\/revisions\/143444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}