Big Bend Hospice recognizes National Healthcare Decisions Day in April

National Healthcare Decisions Day is Thursday, April 16, and Big Bend Hospice will promote efforts throughout the community, aimed at educating and increasing dialogue about advance care planning. Coffee and Conversation: Understanding the Concept of Securing Your Wishes for End of Life Care, will be held in Madison County on Monday, April 20, from 1 - 4 p.m. at the Madison Big Bend Hospice office, 225 SW Smith Street. The Coffee and Conversation event will serve as an opportunity for people throughout the community to causally gather in a private setting and learn about advance care planning with local skilled facilitators. Also, another Coffee and Conversation event will be held in Perry on Wednesday, April 22, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., at the Taylor county Big Bend Hospice office, 216 W. Main Street. To RSVP or request more information about the Coffee and Conversation event, contact Michele Brantley at (850) 556-7491 or micheleb@bigbendhospice.org. Licensed since 1983, Big Bend Hospice serves Leon, Jefferson, Taylor, Madison, Gadsden, Liberty, Franklin and Wakulla counties with expert healthcare, encouragement, hope, compassion and companionship to people with a life-limiting illness, so that they can complete personal goals and find spiritual and emotional peace. If you would like information about services or FIVE WISHES advance directives, please call (850) 878-5310 or visit www.bigbendhospice.org.