Compassion & Choices of Indiana
Major End-of-Life Decisions
Major End-of-Life Decisions
To recognize that your days will end, and begin to plan your life on that basis...

To choose a physician who understands how you wish to die...

How to change -- or not change -- your lifestyle...

Whether or not to receive psychological or spiritual counseling...

To let your understanding of death intensify, and improve, your present              
relationships...

To learn to talk more comfortably about dying...

How you want to be remembered by family and friends...

Whether or not to draw up a Will...

To complete a Living Will so those around you will know what you want...

To name your Healthcare Power of Attorney advocates -- one or more people  
who understand what you want -- and don't want -- done to you in a       
hospital...

To heal relationships...

Whether or not to carry life insurance.

Whether to obtain the support of a hospice to assist you until death occurs...

Where you would like to die...

Who you want, or don't want, at your bedside when you die...

To continue, or stop, eating...

To do the things you have been putting off...

To receive visitors during your illness, or not...

For End-of-Life Consultation, please call (1-800-247-7421) early in your
terminal illness.