On Thursday, August 30 from 5– 6:30pm the Bennington, VT-based Center for Communication in Medicine (CCM) will offer a SpeakSooner community education forum, Re-defining Quality of Life: Living Fully With Illness, Disability and Aging. Equinox Village in Manchester, VT is hosting the event. The program is free and open to the public.
The forum will explore the complicated issues surrounding quality of life concerns when facing the effects of illness, disabilities and aging. Panelists for the program include: palliative care physician Dr. Allen Hutcheson, Bayada nurse Sarah Sigsbury, Equinox Village residents Gerald and Pat Carr, and medical humanist Celia Engel Bandman. CCM founder Dr. Bernard Bandman will moderate the program.
Healthcare decisions and quality of life considerations are making an impact across all sectors of society. Over the past eighteen years CCM has developed hands-on tools and educational programs that help promote open and honest communication between patients, family caregivers and healthcare professionals, resulting in better informed decisions about care, greater patient satisfaction and reduced healthcare costs.
Space is limited. To reserve a place please contact Kylee Ryan at 802-362-4061 or kryan@equinoxvillage.com.
Equinox Village is located at 49 Maple Street, Manchester Center, VT 05255.