Calendar of Events for April 16th, 2010

National Healthcare Decisions Day ( www.nationalhealthcaredecisionsday.org ) seeks to address the public's misunderstandings about advance healthcare planning and advance directives. The Delaware End-of-Life Coalition will once again participate in this initiative by providing information at following public sites :

Appoquinimink Community Library , 651 N. Broad Street, Middletown, DE
Information session: 11-12:00 by Diane Donohue from Delaware Hospice
Sponsored by Delaware End-of-Life Coalition and Delaware Hospice

Brandywine Hundred Branch Library , 1300 Foulk Rd, Wilmington, DE
Sponsored by Delaware End-of-Life Coalition

Corbit Calloway Memorial Library , 115 High Street, Odessa, DE
Q & A by Madeline Lambrecht, 11:30 - 2:30 PM
Sponsored by Delaware End-of-Life Coalition

Dover Public Library, 45 S. State St, Dover, DE
Sponsored by Delaware End-of-Life Coalition and Bayhealth Medical Center

Kirkwood Highway Public Library (on April 15th) , 6000 Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington, DE
Q & A by Sarah Carmody
Sponsored by Delaware End-of-Life Coalition and Delaware Nurses Association
Note: This will occur on 4/15 as the library is closed on the 16 th .

Milton Public Library , 121 Union St, Milton, DE
Sponsored by Delaware End-of-Life Coalition

Silver Lake Nursing Home, 1080 Silver Lake Boulevard Dover, DE
Beverly Morris, State Ombudsman and Darrly Scott, State Representative, 2:00 - 4:00 PM
Sponsored by Heartland Hospice

Widener University School of Law , 4601 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE
Q & A by Thaddeus Pope, JR, PhD, Kris Kachline, Shannon Mace
Sponsored by Delaware End-of-Life Coalition and Widener Health Law Society

Wilmington VA Medical Center, 1601 Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington, DE
Hosted by Lynn Emanual, in the first floor lobby. Team members will be providing state
specific directives for the tri-state area, VA specific directives, Care Notes, and "5 Wishes" brochures.
There will also be a poster display with step-by-step instructions, statistics, etc.