Hospice and
Palliative Care

The Putnam County Hospice and Palliative Care Association is a partnership between the Putnam County Hospital and the Putnam County Community Foundation and is funded through an endowed gift to the foundation by the estate of Mary Louise Miller. We are a group of community members, health care providers, clergy, educators, and others who have come together around the common belief that all residents of Putnam County should know about and experience the benefits of hospice and palliative care. We are here for you and your family to help you identify your standard of care in advance of when you need it, to help you create documents that let others know the manner in which you want others to care for you in your time of need, and to facilitate these important conversations with you and your loved ones. We do this through individual consultation, workshops, and community information sessions. We also work with medical providers to be sure they know about and have the resources to have meaningful conversations with patients about quality of care at every stage of life. For more information and link to resources, please visit our website: www.pchpca.org.


Choose your legal healthcare representative

 

The Putnam County Hospital Healthcare System encourages all adult patients and employees to identify a legal healthcare representative – someone who would serve as an advocate and work with healthcare providers to make medical decisions for a person if he/she should become unable to make decisions in the future.

 

Research has shown that completing advance directives and talking about them with loved ones and healthcare providers create both increased peace of mind and greater satisfaction with healthcare services received. The presence of advance directives is also associated with less complicated grief for surviving loved ones. 

 

Choosing a legal healthcare representative is simple and can be free of charge. Indiana advance directive forms are available to be downloaded and printed at no cost at the Putnam County Hospice and Palliative Care website. They are also available to be picked up at the Putnam County Hospital registration desk and in medical records. 

 

 

Free assistance is available

 

Completing legal advance healthcare directives can be free of charge. Advance healthcare planning is covered by Medicare and some insurance providers. In Putnam County, Indiana, free, confidential, advance healthcare planning assistance is available from the Putnam County Hospice and Palliative Care Association. To obtain information or schedule an appointment, contact the Association at contact.us@pchpca.org or 765.301.7614

 

To learn more about the Putnam County Hospice and Palliative Care Association, visit www.pchpca.org.


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