Advance health care directive classes offered

Courtesy photo Staff members from Community First are conducting free advance health care directive classes in Hilo.
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Community First is hosting a series of workshops in Hilo to help you complete an advance health care directive that documents your end-of-life wishes.

The next class is from 5-6:30 p.m. May 9 at the Aging and Disability Resource Center Training Room, 1055 Kinoole St., with a follow-up session from 5-6 p.m. May 25. It’s free and doesn’t require an attorney.

Information shared with participants include:

• An advance health care directive is an important gift to your loved ones so that they won’t have to guess what you want if you no longer can speak for yourself.

• If you already have a living will, a health care power of attorney or an advance health care directive, learn how to review it to be sure it meets your needs today.

• It’s not easy to talk about how you want the end of your life to be. But it’s one of the most important conversations that you can have with your loved ones.

To RSVP, visit www.CommunityFirstHawaii.org/registration or call Tony Kent at 675-2750 or Amy Hamane at 935-1500.