Decisions about one’s health and medical care are deeply personal. Yet many wait until a health crisis takes the decision out of their hands and puts it into someone else’s. That’s what makes Advance Care Planning such a necessary task. Author Mary Lynne Knighten writes, “Conversations focused on your needs and wishes can unburden your family and medical providers from having to guess what you need and enable them to focus on making happen what you want.”

By Mary Lynne Knighten