{"id":68278,"date":"2015-09-25T07:24:27","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T12:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=68278"},"modified":"2015-09-25T07:24:27","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T12:24:27","slug":"chp-to-host-lunch-and-learn-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2015\/09\/25\/chp-to-host-lunch-and-learn-event\/","title":{"rendered":"CHP to host &#8216;Lunch and Learn&#8217; event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Community Health Professionals information<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Community Health Professionals will host a free \u201cLunch and Learn\u201d opportunity titled, \u201cPlanning for End-of-Life \u2026 The Smart Thing to Do\u201d on Wednesday, October 14, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at 1159 Westwood Drive in Van Wert.<\/p>\n<p>The format will be an informal discussion, with presenters from Putman Law Offices, Cowan &amp; Son Funeral Home and CHP Hospice staff.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/chp-logo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14011\" alt=\"chp logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/chp-logo.jpg\" width=\"134\" height=\"59\" \/><\/a>\u201cWhen it comes to end-of-life planning, the decisions involved can be overwhelming,\u201d said Tonya Rutledge, RN, nursing supervisor at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. \u201cWe want to help [participants] understand what is involved in putting your affairs in order.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Topics included in the discussion include: explaining end-of-life planning, understanding hospice care, advance directives and financial planning, and where to start with funeral planning.<\/p>\n<p>Talking about such topics may be a little intimidating to most people, but are important to discuss and will be presented in a non-threatening manner, according to Rutledge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnd-of-life planning allows a person to make his or her wishes and care preferences known before being faced with a medical crisis,\u201d Rutledge said. \u201cAdvance planning is simply smart life planning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Attendees will receive a complimentary lunch with pre-registration required by Monday, October 5.<\/p>\n<p>For more information or to register, call Rutledge or Beth Dye at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center, 419.623.7125.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community Health Professionals information Community Health Professionals will host a free \u201cLunch and Learn\u201d opportunity titled, \u201cPlanning for End-of-Life \u2026 The Smart Thing to Do\u201d on Wednesday, October 14, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at 1159 Westwood Drive in Van Wert. The format will be an informal discussion, with presenters from Putman Law Offices, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 00:14:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}