I give the “Your Way” workbook to every client who signs a Health Care Proxy. This workbook allows you to spell out to your family what your end-of-life wishes are.
If you have a serious or terminal illness, complete the Your Way workbook in pencil, and then go over it with your...
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Who Will Make Your End-Of-Life Decisions When You Are Incapacitated?
As we get older, the threat of illness or injury increases, and many of us wonder what will happen if we fall or get injured. Who will make important healthcare decisions if we become incapacitated? How will medical personnel know how to treat us if we cannot communicate with them? The answer to all...
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Acupuncture for Seniors – Ever Tried It?
Ever tried acupuncture? It took me years to work up the nerve to leave the comforts of the doctor's office experience I have always known and to explore this new territory - and am I glad I did! If you've never tried it, now is a great time.
Bob Thomson, Lic. Ac., practices in Hingham....
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End of Life Wishes & Living Wills
Clients are always asking about living wills. Massachusetts law does not recognize a living will, and it's also impossible to write a thorough, well balanced statement of your end of life wishes in just a few paragraphs.
I provide clients with a solution to their goal, but in a much better form. I give my...
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Do You Have a Defibrillator or a Pacemaker?
If you have, or if your loved one has, an ICD (implantable cardioverter defibrillator) or Pacemaker, you know what amazing devices these can be for saving lives. But if you are in and end of life situation and have made the decision to cease treatments and to focus instead on palliative and comfort care,...
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