Green Sleeve Day at London Drugs
In-store Presence at London Drugs to Discuss Green Sleeve: An Advance Care Planning Tool
Friday, July 26th, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Join us at London Drugs on July 26th from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. to pick up your Green Sleeve and discuss the Advance Care Planning tool.
Advance Care Planning:
An accident or medical crisis can happen to anyone of any age at any time.
Advance care planning (ACP) is a process of thinking ahead about the type of health and personal care decisions you would want to be made on your behalf if you became ill or injured and were unable to speak for yourself.
Making an ACP involves understanding who would be asked to make decisions for you and putting documentation in place to ensure the right person will be able to represent you. If you have underlying health conditions, it means talking to your doctors to understand what medical decisions you may face in the future. It means having conversations with your family and decision-maker(s) to ensure they understand what you would want and can honour your wishes in the future.
The Green Sleeve Initiative:
Think of the Green Sleeve as your healthcare passport. It’s a place to store your medical information and advance care plan (ACP) documents in case of a medical emergency or a decline in your health.
Developing your advance care plan is an important process for communicating your wishes for future care. Putting a plan in place will help ensure you get the care you want, and it will help your family at a difficult time.
Bring your Green Sleeve to medical appointments or your trip to the hospital. Store it safely at home on or near the fridge, where paramedics and family know to find it during an emergency. Your Green Sleeve will speak for you if you are too ill or injured to speak for yourself.
We are thankful to the London Drug Foundations for funding this event.
If you would like the Coast Hospice ACP Team to present a workshop to your organization or would like to be put on the waiting list for the next public workshop, please contact us using the link below.