Taking Steps Vermont

04/14/2025

Vermont Advance Directive Week 2025

Difficult conversations are the easiest to put off. Many people never discuss what their healthcare goals would be in an emergency or serious illness situation. Would clinicians know what matters to you if they couldn’t speak to you? Who is the person that you trust to make your medical decisions if you are incapacitated?

Ready to make your plan? Vermont Advance Directive Week is the perfect time to start the process. Check out the events below to find advance care planning workshops in your area during Vermont Advance Directive Week.

https://vtethicsnetwork.org/community-advance-care-planning-events-spring-2025

Can't make it to these workshops? Find more information on our website (www.vtethicsnetwork.org).

Community Advance Care Planning Events (Spring 2025, Vermont Advance Directive Week) Posted: February 20, 2025 Request A Presentation from VEN Events In April Gifford Advance Care Planning Fair When? Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Where? Conference Center at Gifford (44 South Main S...

12/23/2024

What's new at Taking Steps Vermont? Webpages on the Vermont Advance Directive Registry are live! https://vtethicsnetwork.org/vadr

Read the latest newsletter from the Vermont Ethics Network: https://vtethicsnetwork.org/newsletter

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02/08/2024

Vermont Advance Directive Week is just around the corner! Check out National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD) for more info on starting your conversations and events in your area.

Vermont Advance Directive Week: April 14-20, 2024
National Healthcare Decisions day: April 16, 2024

04/12/2023

Every day, more Vermonters are completing advance directives to document their priorities for future health care. Registering your directive is another step you can take to make sure your family and physicians have access to your documents when they are needed.

Registering your directive is free and ensures that you have access to your directive even when traveling out of state. Learn more about how to register by clicking the link below:
https://vtethicsnetwork.org/medical-decision-making/registering-your-advance-directive

04/10/2023

Advance Directives are for everyone! VT now has 14 different languages available for advance directive forms, so you can complete a directive in your preferred language.
https://vtethicsnetwork.org/forms/forms-in-more-languages

Vermont Advance Directive Week 2023 is a time to share your health care goals and values with those closest to you. Start your conversations today!
https://vtethicsnetwork.org/medical-decision-making/start-taking-steps

Need support with interpreter services for your health care? Contact UVM Medical Center's Language Access Services: https://www.uvmhealth.org/medcenter/patients-and-visitors/patients/assistance/translation-services

04/05/2023

Vermont Advance Directive Week starts April 9! Join us for local and online events throughout the week & to learn more about how you can start making a plan for your future health care.

Events: https://vtethicsnetwork.org/vermont-advance-directive-week-2023-events



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A great video to "Begin the Conversation" from our friends at begintheconversation.org Have you confronted the Elephant in the Room?

11/29/2022

Health Decisions November/December 2022: The Gratitude Edition

The Vermont Ethics Network is incredibly thankful for nearly four decades of ongoing community support that allows us to serve Vermonters in their health planning needs. This month's newsletter features the newly released ASL advance directive translations, info on how you can support VEN, upcoming events, and much more. Don't miss out!

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We're thankful for you! November-December 2022 t The Gratitude Edition Gratitude: the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness; a deep feeling of appreciati

04/15/2022

In case you missed it....

Yesterday, we were welcomed to Across the Fence to share the importance of advance care planning for all Vermonters. Watch Fran & Cindy Bruzzese, Executive Director and Clinical Ethicist at the Vermont Ethics Network, discuss how you can start taking steps to creating your plan!

Across the Fence is the longest-running locally-produced program in the US. We have been on-air on WCAX-TV since 1955! Across the Fence is produced by Univer...

04/05/2022

Visit National Healthcare Decisions Day on FB to learn more!

exists to inspire, educate, and empower the public about the importance of advance care planning. You can join the movement every April by following all or any of these 3 easy steps!

📱 1. Promote NHDD on your social media platforms. "This year for NHDD, I'm going to read through The Conversation Project's Conversation Starter Guide to determine what matters most to me. "

🗯️ 2. Include a brief blurb about NHDD in your newsletter or email. "Happy National Healthcare Decisions Day! We want to encourage you to join the movement by planning ahead and talking about it."

📞 3. Call someone who matters most to you to share your health care wishes. "Hey! I've been doing some planning about future medical decisions in case something happens and I can't speak for myself. Can I give you an update on what I'm thinking?"

National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD) https://bit.ly/31SmlWM