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September 30, 2025

Healthcare Directives Education

Shakopee Community Center 1255 Fuller St. S., Shakopee, Minnesota, 55379, United States 6:30 - 8:00 pm

Presented by U of M Extension | Hosted by Saints Foundation

Join us for a free, 90-minute workshop that will help you learn the basics about planning for future health care decisions by creating a health care directive.

Through this workshop and related materials, participants will learn:

  • Decision making rights in times of incapacity
  • Key terms and language involved in advanced care planning
  • The difference between a “living will” and a “health care directive”
  • Information other individuals need to know when someone can’t communicate for themselves
  • Minnesota health care directive policies and practices
  • How to complete a suggested “HealthCare Directive” form
  • Common myths and facts about healthcare directives
  • Strategies for starting conversations about end-of-life issues

After participating in the workshop, participants are expected to take one or more of the following actions:

  • Talk with family and health care providers about incapacity and advance care planning
  • Choose and name appropriate health care agent(s)
  • Identify and leave instructions and preferences for health care decisions
  • Complete a suggested Minnesota healthcare directive form
  • Review and update existing plans, decisions and written documents
  • Talk with aging parents and other family members to understand their wishes and preferences

RSVP by Tuesday, September 16 to yvonne.anderson@benedictineliving.org or 952-233-4488.