Five Wishes Workshop with Dharma Teacher Pamela *Natural Bridge*

Sunday, September 14, 11:45am-1:15pm @ BPNB
Five Wishes Workshop with Dharma Teacher Pamela
A simple and thoughtful way to document your wishes.
Advance directive workshop with Dharma Teacher Pamela Sunday September 14th, 11:45-1:15.
We all know that birth, aging, sickness, and death are part of the human experience, yet it’s all too easy to put off completing or updating our advance directives. Advance directives are documents that make it clear 1) Who can make medical decisions for us if we are unable to speak for ourselves, and 2) What our priorities would be if we were to become seriously ill.
Two commonly-used documents that are accepted in Virginia are the short integrated advance directive form found here: https://www.virginiaadvancedirectives.org/picking-an-ad-form.html
and Aging with Dignity’s Five Wishes document. In Virginia these documents are binding as long as two witnesses have signed them. They do not need to be notarized.
On Sunday September 14 Dharma Teacher (and hospice chaplain) Pamela will guide us through the Five Wishes and address general and specifically Buddhist-related end-of-life questions and concerns. Pamela will have 5 Wishes forms available. Everyone is welcome to join the discussion; no registration is necessary.
To prepare, a video and an article that might be helpful:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUl7LiktNjg
https://time.com/7302635/how-to-plan-end-of-life/