Honoring Wishes

Protect your family. Don't make them guess what you want to be done when you can no longer speak for yourself. It’s unfair to them to assume they know what you want or to put the burden of decision upon them.
SSVMS's community program Honoring Wishes is here to help you and your family.
Honoring Wishes provides the resources necessary for the medical community and community at large to facilitate meaningful end-of-life care conversations and planning. Give your family the tools they need to honor your medical care wishes by creating an Advance Care Plan.

About The Five Wishes Advance Care Plan

Honoring Wishes pays for the Sacramento region community members to have free access to the Five Wishes Advance Care Plan. The Five Wishes document is a complete approach to discussing and documenting your care and comfort choices. It's about connecting families, communicating with healthcare providers, and showing your community what it means to care for one another.

It is written in everyday language, making it easy to understand and complete.
It covers personal, spiritual, medical and legal wishes all in one document.
It allows your family or caregiver to know exactly what you want, relieving them from the difficult position of guessing your wishes.
It is legally valid in California.

Get your free Advance Directive here: Five Wishes Advance Care Plan

SSVMS Honoring Wishes pays for each digital use of the proprietary Five Wishes Advance Care plan. If you would like an official printed copy, please email Sam Mello at SMello@ssvms.org.

Advance Care Planning Resources

ADDITIONAL ADVANCE CARE PLANNING FORMS

Honoring Wishes Addendum by the Honoring Wishes Advisory Committee
Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Coalition for Compassionate Care of California

PATIENT-FACING MATERIALS

PHYSICIAN EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS

Honoring Wishes CME Webinar Series: Broaching End-of-Life Care with Patients How to Begin a Dialogue — Dr. Elizabeth Giles and Dr. Ehsan Sultani, 59min 14 sec
SSVMS Advance Care Planning — by Elizabeth Giles Presentation
Advance Care Planning — by Ehsan Sultani Presentation
Honoring Wishes Tips: Benefits of Completing an Advance Care Plan or POLST Form — Dr. Elizabeth Giles, 47 sec
Honoring Wishes Tips: 3 Questions to Ask When Completing a POLST Form — Dr. Elizabeth Giles, 1 min 5 sec
Honoring Wishes Tips: How to Bring up Advance Care Planning to Patients — Dr. Elizabeth Giles, 31 sec
Honoring Wishes Tips: Advance Care Directive vs POLST Form — Dr. Elizabeth Giles, 57 sec
Honoring Wishes Tips: Create Care Goals with Patients — Dr. Elizabeth Giles, 41 sec
Honoring Wishes Tips: Why you need Advance Care Directives and POLST Forms — Dr. Elizabeth Giles, 1 min 13 sec
Honoring Wishes Tips: Let's Be Prepared for the Worst — Dr. Ehsan Sultani, 21 sec
Honoring Wishes Tips: Talking about End-of Life- Care - Making the Uncomfortable Comfortable — Dr. Ehsan Sultani, 39 sec
2022 Advanced Care Planning By Howard Homler Sutter Independent Physicians, 11min 7 sec
What You Need to Know About Hospice by Howard Homler, 7 min 32 sec
The End-of-Life Options Act by Howard Homler, 8 min

ARTICLES

Make A Plan Now with Honoring Wishes
Advance Care Directives Aren’t Just for Patients — by Aileen E. Wetzel
Honoring Wishes
SSVMS Launches End-of-Life Planning Program — By Aileen E Wetzel
Guide Advance Directive Planning for Important Health Care Decisions by CaringInfo California Advanced Care Directive
California Advance Care Directive Guide
Advance Care Directive Including Power of Attorney Form
Voicing My Choices –Brainstorm what you want in your advance care directive

OTHER WEBSITES

HONORING WISHES ADVISORY COMMITTEE

The Honoring Wishes advisory committee is comprised of both medical professionals and the public to ensure that the material is not only medically accurate but accessible, understandable, and compelling to all.

Chair Elizabeth Giles, MD – Yolo Hospice

IN HONOR OF AL KAHANE, MD AND MILDRED KAHANE, RN
The Honoring Wishes program is made possible by the planned giving of the late Al Kahane, MD, and Mildred “Millie” Kahane, RN. Millie dedicated her life to advocating for compassionate end-of-life care consistent with a patient’s personal wishes and it is in her memory that SSVMS continues this mission.

Contact:

Sam Mello

SMello@ssvms.org

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