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A newsletter from Mercy Health System
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Winter 2014
Health tip
Need good reasons
to lose weight?
By Mariya Pogorelova, MD
Board certified internal medicine
Excessive pounds (obesity, being
overweight) do more than increase
your weight—they increase your
risk of major health problems.
People who are overweight or
obese (BMI 30 or more) are more
likely to have heart disease,
strokes, diabetes, cancer, and
depression.
Here are 12 other ways too many
extra pounds affect your body:
1.
Excessive weight is associated
with a higher risk of cancers
such as prostate, colon, breast,
uterine and kidney. The National
Cancer Institute associates
34,000 new cases of cancer
in men and 50,000 in women
each year with obesity.
2. Excessive weight is the major
risk factor for Type 2 diabetes,
also known as adult onset
diabetes, because the body
gets resistant to insulin (the
hormone responsible for
blood sugar utilization).
3. If you have excessive weight,
you might have elevated
cholesterol including “bad”
cholesterol responsible
for increased risk of
heart decease.
4. High blood pressure is
associated with excessive weight.
5. More weight makes the heart
work harder to pump blood,
leading to an enlarged heart or
weakened heart muscles.
6. Hardened blood vessels, called
atherosclerosis, are a common
problem caused by excessive
weight; hardened blood vessels
can lead to a heart attack.
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A note from Joanne
2013 ended quietly after the swirls and turns of life. Our
kitchen was finished and we are quite pleased. After an
exhausting search, my daughter and her husband found
a home to call their own after four months. We enjoyed
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having them with us and miss the great meals that were
made for us. Another daughter had a fire on Labor Day
that destroyed most of the first floor of their home. They
did work out other sleeping arrangements, but we had
visitors often, which were enjoyed.
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Our latest bus trips
2014 finds us all settled in our own settings and life is
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Hospice news
getting back to normal for all. The days are already
getting longer. I will actually enjoy seeing daylight,
either coming or leaving the office after I return from
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Calendar of events
our vacation.
As I write this note, Richard and I are anxiously awaiting
for January 31 to arrive. We are leaving for a three-week
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vacation to enjoy some much-needed beach time. I will
Have your newsletter emailed
be returning to the office on Monday, February 24.
Hopefully any issues or concerns can wait until my
return. I apologize for any inconvenience that may occur.
Take care of yourselves!
Joanne Woodman Hodge
Senior advocate
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SUPPORT GROUPS
Mercy Hospice Care GriefCare Support Group
Have you recently lost a loved one? Share and
receive the support of other individuals facing
the challenges associated with the grieving
process by attending this free group. Family
and friends are welcome. Two locations:
Mercy Clinic North community room
3400 Deerfield Dr., Janesville
Meets the second and fourth
Tuesday of each month, 6 pm
Mercy Walworth Hospital and Medical Center
lower conference room
Hwys. 50 and 67, Lake Geneva
Meets the third Tuesday of each month, 6 pm
Men’s Health Support Group
For men diagnosed with any type of cancer.
Meets the first Thursday of the month,
6:30-8 pm
Mercy Clinic North community room
3400 Deerfield Dr., Janesville
Information: (608) 756-6824
Cancer Facts Discussion Group
Cancer is a common disease but remains
a mystery to many of us. Learn the facts
at this free group.
Held the second Wednesday
of each month, 6 pm
Mercy Clinic North community room
3400 Deerfield Dr., Janesville
To register, call (608) 756-6100
Please RSVP by calling (888) 39-MERCY.
Mercy Cancer Support Group
Meets every Wednesday, 10-11 am
Mercy Michael Berry Building,
1000 Mineral Point Ave., Janesville
Information: (608) 756-6824
Mercy Breast Cancer Support Group
For women diagnosed with any type of
breast cancer.
Meets the second Thursday of the month,
6:30-8 pm
Mercy Clinic North community room
3400 Deerfield Dr., Janesville
Information: (608) 756-6011
MS Circle of Hope
If you or a loved one is affected by multiple
sclerosis, join us to hear the latest on this
disease and find the support of others.
Meets the third Tuesday of each month,
5:30-6:30 pm
Mercy Health Mall
1010 N. Washington St., Janesville
Information: (608) 756-6142
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Health Tip
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7. Fat around the neck may cause obstructive sleep apnea, a
condition where your airway closes during sleep and prevents
normal oxygen delivery to the body. Sleep apnea can lead to
heart enlargement, premature death, fatigue, and decreased
energy, and can negatively affect concentration and memory.
Symptoms of sleep apnea are snoring and persistent desire to
take a nap during the day.
8. Excessive weight can decrease your fertility or increase your
chance of premature birth.
9. Obesity has been associated with higher rates of osteoarthritis,
a wear and tear of joints.
10. Excessive weight leads to heartburn and stomach problems
such as constipation, belching, bloating and gallbladder
decease.
11. Obese people are more predisposed to depression, sometimes
caused by social isolation and lower self-esteem.
12. Finally, excessive weight leads to lower life expectancy.
According to the National Institutes of Health, obesity is the
second leading cause of preventable death in the US, close
behind tobacco use. An estimated 300,000 deaths per year
are due to our obesity epidemic.
I have been successfully helping people lose excessive weight
with Mercy’s unique Healthy Image Weight Management Program.
The program addresses the problems of being overweight and/or
obese, enabling people to regain control of their lives and health
by giving them the necessary life skills to lose weight and achieve
a healthier lifestyle. Participants receive excellent information,
structure and tools to achieve their desired state of weight
loss, nutrition and activity level to promote healing in its
broadest sense.
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Dr. Pogorelova sees patients at
Mercy Mall Clinic in Janesville
and the Mercy Healthy Image
Weight Management Program.
To schedule an evaluation with
her, call (608) 741-2430.
MEDICARE
Medicare 2014 costs at a glance
Part B premium
Most people pay $104.90 each month
Part B deductible is $147 per year
Part A premium
Most people don’t pay a monthly premium for Part A
If you buy Part A, you’ll pay up to $426 each month
Part A hospital inpatient deductibles you pay:
• $1,216 deductible for each benefit period
• Days 1-60: $0 coinsurance for each benefit period
• Days 61-90: $304 coinsurance per day of each benefit period
• Days 91 and beyond: $608 coinsurance per each “lifetime reserve day”
after day 90 for each benefit period (up to 60 days over your lifetime)
• Beyond lifetime reserve days: all costs
If you are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan, you follow the rules of your plan.
Medicare Advantage plans do not follow traditional Medicare guidelines.
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MEDICARE
Preventive screenings covered by Medicare
Nutrition therapy services
(medical)
How often is it covered?
Medicare Part B (medical insurance) covers
medical nutrition therapy services and certain
related services. A registered dietitian or nutrition
professional who meets certain requirements can
provide these services, which may include
nutritional assessment, one-on-one counseling,
and therapy services through an interactive
telecommunications system.
Cardiovascular disease
screenings
If you get dialysis in a dialysis facility, Medicare
covers medical nutrition therapy as part of
your overall dialysis care.
How often is it covered?
Medicare Part B (medical insurance) covers
screening blood tests for cholesterol, lipid, and
triglyceride levels every 5 years. These screening
tests help detect conditions that may lead to a
heart attack or stroke.
Who’s eligible?
People with Medicare who meet at least one of
these conditions:
• Have diabetes
• Have kidney disease
• Have had a kidney transplant in the last 36
months
• Whose doctor or other health care provider
refers them for the service
Who’s eligible?
All people with Medicare Part B are covered.
Your costs in Original Medicare*
You pay nothing for the tests, and the Part B
deductible doesn’t apply.
You pay 20% of the Medicare-approved
amount for the doctor's visit.
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Your costs in Original Medicare*
You pay nothing for these services if the doctor
or other health care professional accepts
assignment
*Note: Your doctor or other health care provider
may recommend you get services more often
than Medicare covers. Or, they may recommend
services that Medicare doesn’t cover. If this
happens, you may have to pay some or all of
the costs.
The 10 commandments of life
TRIPS
offered for your enjoyment
1.
Prayer is not a “spare wheel” that you
pull out when in trouble. It is a “steering
wheel” that directs the right path
throughout life.
2. Why is a car’s windshield so large and
the rear view mirror so small? Because
our past is not as important as our future.
So look ahead and move on.
3. Friendship is like a book. It takes it takes
years to write, but only minutes to burn.
4. All things in life are temporary. If it’s going
well, enjoy it—it won’t last forever. If it’s
going wrong, don’t worry—it can’t last
long either.
5. Old friends are gold. New friends are
diamonds! If you get a diamond, don’t
forget the gold. To hold a diamond, you
always need a base of gold.
6. Often when we lose hope and think this is
the end, God smiles from above and says,
“Relax, sweetheart. It’s just a bend, not
the end.”
7. When God solves your problems, you have
faith in His abilities. When God doesn’t
solve your problems, He has faith in your
abilities.
8. A blind person asked St. Anthony, “Can
there be anything worse than losing
eyesight?” St. Anthony replied, “Yes,
losing your vision!”
9. When you pray for others, God listens to
you and blesses them. When you are safe
and happy, remember that someone has
prayed for you.
10. Worrying does not take away tomorrow’s
troubles. It takes away today’s peace.
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Wednesday, March 5
“Life is a Cabaret!”
Marriott Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire, IL
Willkommen, bienvenue and
welcome to the Kit Kat Klub and
the decadence of 1929 Berlin as
experienced by English cabaret
performer Sally Bowles and
American writer Cliff Bradshaw.
With mounting fear and uncertainty
outside, your emcee welcomes you
into a world where your troubles
are left at the door. This Tony
Award-winning musical features a
classic score, including “Maybe This
Time,” “Don’t Tell Mama,” “Money,”
and of course, “Cabaret.” So “come
hear the music play” in this musical
theater treasure.
Family-style lunch will be at the
Wildfire Restaurant. To begin,
enjoy spinach and artichoke fondue
and wild chopped salad. Entrées
will be bourbon tenderloin tips and
cedar-planked salmon with sides of
redskin mashed potatoes and fresh
vegetables of the day. For dessert,
enjoy triple-layer chocolate cake
and homemade key lime pie.
Coffee, tea and soda included.
Cost of $80 per person includes
lunch, show, gratuities and transportation. Buses start boarding at
8:45 am, leave promptly at 9 am,
and return approximately 6 pm.
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TRIPS
offered for your enjoyment
Thursday, April 17
Wednesday, May 28
Saturday May 31
“A Day in Madison”
“I Hear America Singing”
Milwaukee Brewers
vs. Chicago Cubs
Madison
Our first stop is the Wisconsin
Historical Museum, followed by
a stop at the Wisconsin Veterans
Museum. After building our
appetite, we’ll have a delicious
lunch at the Old Fashioned
Restaurant, where you will choose
your meal from a prepared menu.
After lunch, we’ll enjoy a tour of
our beautiful Capital. Our final
stop will be a visit to the Old Sugar
Distillery. The distillery’s owner will
be our tour guide. The distillery has
a great selection of spirits, using
many local ingredients, to taste
or purchase. Rum, whiskey, ouzo,
honey liqueur, grappa and brandies
are part of the selection. Try a
specialty cocktail while you’re there.
Cost of $65 per person includes
lunch, attractions, gratuities and
transportation. Buses start
boarding at 7:45 am, leave
promptly at 8 am, and return
approximately 5:30 pm.
Skylight Theatre
Milwaukee
Miller Park, Milwaukee
While most actors think of auditions
as fearful and nerve-wracking
events, our cast members seem
to be experiencing an abundance
of humorous and heartwarming
epiphanies as they audition for a
fictional Broadway show called
“I Hear America Singing.” Skylight
is collaborating with composer and
Milwaukee native Daron Hagen on a
revue only theirs. Audiences will hear
a variety of great American musical
theater numbers, art songs and
opera excerpts, as Skylight
entertains like no one else can!
Lunch will be at Hotel Metro. When
you register, choose one of two
entrées: slow-roasted roast pork loin
au natural served with old-fashioned
mashed potatoes, broccoli and red
peppers, or poached Alaskan salmon
served with Zinfandel cream sauce,
orzo pasta and sugar snap peas. Also
included is Metro salad, rolls, coffee
and tea, and raspberry chocolate
mousse for dessert.
Cost of $95 per person includes
lunch, show, gratuities and transportation. Buses start boarding at
9:45 am, leave promptly at 10 am,
and return approximately 6 pm.
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Join us for a 3:10 pm game time
between these longtime rivals. Our
seats are in section 214, Logue
Infield Box, between home plate
and first base—great seats with
everything close! There are 10
handicap seats available; first
come (and paid), first served. We
will be dropped off and picked up
at the handicap location for minimum walking. Feel free to bring
lunches and coolers on bus, but
there will be no tailgating.
Cost of $75 per person includes
ticket and transportation. Buses
start boarding at 12:15 pm, leave
promptly at 12:30 pm, and return
approximately 8 pm.
TRIPS
offered for your enjoyment
Wednesday, June 18
Wednesday, July 9
Thursday, July 24
“Driving Miss Daisy”
“Motown the Musical”
“The Phantom of the Opera”
Fireside Theatre
Fort Atkinson
Oriental Theatre
Chicago
“Driving Miss Daisy” affectionately
covers the 25-year relationship
between a wealthy, strong-willed
southern matron and her equally
indomitable black chauffeur, Hoke.
Both employer and employee are
outsiders: Hoke, because of the
color of his skin, and Miss Daisy,
because she is Jewish in a
WASP-dominated society. Hoke
cannot fathom Miss Daisy’s
cloistered inability to grasp the
social changes sweeping the South
in the 1960s. Nor can Miss Daisy
understand why Hoke’s “people”
are so indignant. It is only when
Hoke is retired and Miss Daisy is
confined to a home for the elderly
that the two fully realize they’ve
been friends and kindred spirits
all along.
It’s signed, sealed and soon to be
delivered! “Motown the Musical” is
the real story of the one-of-a-kind
sound that hit the airwaves in
1959 and changed American culture
forever. This exhilarating show
charts Motown founder Berry
Gordy’s incredible journey from
featherweight boxer to the
heavyweight music mogul who
launched the careers of Diana
Ross, Michael Jackson, Stevie
Wonder, Smokey Robinson,
Marvin Gaye and so many more.
The Fireside is located a short
drive from Janesville. To help keep
costs down, please get a group of
your friends together and meet us
at the Fireside, 1131 Janesville Ave.,
Fort Atkinson.
Cost of $63 per person includes
buffet lunch, show and gratuities.
Lunch will be at Heaven on
Seven, where we’ll enjoy “the best
Louisiana cookin’ outside of New
Orleans.” Our authentic Cajun,
family-style meal will start with
cheddar and corn muffins, chicken
and sausage gumbo, creole Caesar
salad, Mardi Gras jambalaya,
etouffee of the day, rigatoni
chicken voodoo, grilled chicken
platter, and slices of heaven
(a platter of sweets). Water, tea
and coffee included.
Marcus Center for the
Performing Arts
Milwaukee
A disfigured musical genius, hidden
away in the Paris Opera House,
terrorizes the opera company for
the unwitting benefit of a young
protégée, Christine, whom he trains
and loves. The girl is able to sing lead
one night, but the soprano doesn’t
want her show stolen, so she comes
back. The ghost demands they
keep giving his protégé lead roles.
Meanwhile, she falls in love with the
Vicomte de Chagny. The phantom is
outraged by their love and kidnaps
Christine to be his eternal bride.
The beautiful musical score is by
Andrew Lloyd Weber.
Sazamas’s delicious buffet luncheon
will be served in the Bradley Pavilion.
Cost of $145 per person includes
lunch, show, gratuities and transportation. Buses start boarding at
9:45 am, leave promptly at 10 am,
and return approximately 6 pm.
Cost of $153 per person includes
buffet lunch, show, gratuities and
transportation. Buses start boarding
at 8:45 am, leave promptly at 9 am,
and return approximately 7 pm.
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TRIP REGISTRATION FORM
Buses leave promptly from and arrive back at the Mercy Health Mall, 1010 N. Washington St., Janesville.
We welcome individuals needing handicap-accessible accommodations and can reserve a wheelchair at
your request. Reservations with payment must be received by the stated deadline.
All trips are first come, first served, so please register as soon as possible!
Trip name, date
Registration
deadline
Meal choice/
quantity
Cost per
person
Number
attending
Total
Cabaret, 3/5
2/24
—
$80
______=
$________
Madison, 4/17
3/3
—
$65
______=
$_________
America, 5/28
3/24
Pork loin/____
Salmon/____
$95
______=
$_________
Brewers, 5/31
5/5
—
$75
______=
$_________
Miss Daisy, 6/18
5/27
—
$63
______=
$_________
Motown, 7/9
3/31
—
$153
______=
$_________
Phantom, 7/24
6/2
—
$145
______=
$_________
___ I will need handicap-accessible accommodations
___ I will need a wheelchair
___ I am traveling with a person who is registering separately and
would like to be seated with that person on the same bus:
Name ________________________
Trip ______________________
Name ________________________
Trip ______________________
Name __________________________________
Phone__________________________
Address ________________________________
City/state/ZIP ___________________
For more information
about these trips,
please call Joanne
Woodman Hodge at
(608) 741-3810.
Seats cannot be reserved without payment.
Payment disclaimer: Bus trips require a nonrefundable advance payment with your registration. You will only receive a refund if your chosen trip becomes sold
out, a waiting list is created, and your space is filled. Also, if your chosen trip is full by the time your registration is received, your payment will be returned to you.
To register
By mail: Mercy HealthLine, 580 N. Washington St., Janesville, WI 53548.
Please make checks payable to Mercy Health System
By phone: Register with a credit card by calling Mercy HealthLine at (608) 756-6100 or (888) 39-MERCY.
Music for hospice patients
Mercy Hospice Care’s new program, Music for the Heart, complements the
circle of care that supports its patients. It offers patients musical CDs,
biblical audio recordings, and CD players. Patients can also request local
musicians to visit their homes to sing songs, play musical instruments,
interpret song lyrics and plan music for memorial services.
Music therapy can provide many benefits for people with life-limiting
illnesses. It has proven to reduce pain symptoms, lessen depression,
anxiety, restlessness and agitation, and offer spiritual and
emotional support.
Mercy Hospice Care welcomes musicians who are willing to volunteer
their talents for our hospice patients in their homes, or at our
Evening of Remembrance events. Also welcoming monetary donations
to purchase audio and music CDs for its music therapy library.
For more information or to volunteer, call Mercy Hospice Care’s
volunteer coordinator at (608) 754-2201.
Mercy Hospice Care joins We Honor Veterans campaign
To help provide care and support to the men and women who have served in the US military, Mercy
Hospice Care recently joined We Honor Veterans (WHV), a pioneering campaign developed by National
Hospice and Palliative Care Organization in collaboration with the US Department of Veterans Affairs.
As a WHV partner, Mercy Hospice Care will implement ongoing veteran-centered education for staff
and volunteers to help improve the care provided to the veterans they so proudly serve.
“By recognizing the unique needs of our local veterans who are facing a life-limiting illness, we are
better able to accompany and guide them and their families toward a more peaceful journey,” said
Nancy Bracken, RN, BS, MS, CHPCA, director of Mercy Home Health Care and Mercy Hospice Care.
“In cases where there might be some specific needs related to the veteran’s military service, combat
experience or other traumatic events, we’re able to find tools to help support them.”
To learn more about We Honor Veterans, visit www.wehonorveterans.org.
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MERCY NEWS
Mercy named the area’s only certified joint replacement center
In November, The Joint Commission recognized Mercy Hospital and Trauma
Center with total hip and knee replacement center certification. The new
Mercy Regional Joint Replacement Center, Rock County’s only Joint
Commission-certified joint replacement facility, received many
positive comments from Joint Commission surveyors and met all
national compliance standards and measures.
To improve the care and outcomes of total knee and total hip
replacement patients, and to meet and exceed Joint Commission
requirements, Mercy’s orthopaedics staff incorporated new best
practices in infection control, length of stay, and before-surgery
patient education.
For more information, talk to your orthopaedic surgeon or call the
Mercy Regional Joint Replacement Center at (608) 756-6603.
One amazing laser, many effective uses
Skin conditions affect almost all of us, no matter our age, our health
status or how well we care for our skin. If you have concerns about
age spots, scars, acne, rosacea or other skin problems, we have the
solution—SCITON® Laser technology.
At Mercy Clinic East in Janesville, our dermatology specialists—
Jeanne Godar, MD, Daniel Hoffman, MD, and Tina Schnell, PA-C—
now offer SCITON® laser technology to effectively and safely
treat a multitude of skin concerns.
• Removal of pigmented spots (sun spots, brown spots, age spots)
• Treatment for rosacea, acne, spider veins, broken red blood
vessels and cherry angiomas
• Treatment for scars, including acne scars
• Skin rejuvenation to reduce fine lines and wrinkles
To learn more about Mercy’s amazing SCITON laser technology,
search ‘SCITON’ at MercyHealthSystem.org, visit Sciton.com,
or consult with one of our dermatology specialists by calling
(608) 756-7181.
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Advance directives for health care: Terms you should know
Wisconsin laws created two forms of advance directives
for health care—the living will and the power of attorney
for health care. Both forms can legally provide for health
care decision-making when you are no longer able to do
so for yourself.
A Wisconsin Living Will (Declaration to Physicians) is
a written document that allows you to select the ki
nd of life-sustaining care you would want if injury or
illness leaves you in a terminal condition (dying) or a
persistent vegetative state with no hope of recovery.
With a power of attorney for health care, you appoint
someone to be your health care agent (also called
a proxy) to make all health care decisions—not just
those involving life support—for you if you lose the
ability to make decisions for yourself.
In Wisconsin, a power of attorney for health care
document supersedes or replaces a living will if the
two documents conflict—unless the living will was
completed before December 11, 1991.
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Will: A legal document created by a competent adult
to specify how to divide his assets and property
after death.
Power of attorney: A legal document in which one
person gives another person the authority to make
specified financial decisions or to assume certain
financial responsibilities. If this authority extends after
the time that the person who made the appointment
is competent, it is called a durable power of attorney.
Legal guardian: If you do not have a power of attorney
for health care, a judge will appoint a legal guardian to
make your personal decisions, including consenting to
or refusing medical treatment. In order to appoint a
legal guardian, the judge will first determine if you are
legally incompetent. The legal guardian’s authority could
be limited to only financial decisions, to only personal
decisions, or to both.
Advance directives continued ...
Advance directives for health care:
Myths versus facts
Myth: A lawyer is required to complete an advance
directive for health care document.
Myth: There is only one type of power of attorney.
Fact: A lawyer may be helpful, but is not required.
Fact: Many people and their families believe if they have
power of attorney for financial matters, they also have
power of attorney for health care. Power of attorney for
financial matters and power of attorney for health care
are legally separate processes.
Myth: It doesn’t matter who witnesses the completion
of advance directive for health care documents.
Myth: It is not appropriate to begin advance directive
planning on an outpatient basis, before you become a
hospital patient.
Fact: Many studies have shown that patients want their
health care providers to discuss advance care planning
with them before they become ill. Other studies show
a positive response from patients when advance care
planning discussions are held during their outpatient
visits.
Fact: Your witnesses cannot be the designated health
care agents (proxies) named in the document. At Mercy
Health System, social workers, the chaplain, and
volunteers can be appropriate witnesses to complete
your advance directive for health care.
Myth: The patient’s doctor can be named agent (proxy)
in the advance directive for health care.
Fact: No member of your health care team can be
named agent (proxy) by you in an advance directive for
health care document.
Myth: Doctors and other health care providers are
not legally obligated to follow advance directives.
Myth: An advance directive for health care means
“don’t treat.”
Fact: Advance directives do not say, “Don’t treat me.”
They say, “Treat me the way I want to be treated.”
Fact: Doctors and other health care providers ARE
obligated to follow your preferences identified in your
advance directive for health care documents.
Myth: Advance directives are tools for old people.
Myth: An advance directive for health care is a
“do not resuscitate” (DNR) order.
Fact: The advance directive for health care in Wisconsin
does not directly address code status such as DNR.
You are encouraged to consider including your
preferences for CPR, intubation for breathing support,
dialysis, and artificial nutrition and hydration on your
advance directive for health care documents.
Myth: Once a person names an agent or proxy in an
advance directive for health care, he loses control of his
own care.
Fact: As long as you have decision-making capacity, you
control your medical care.
Fact: Advance directives are appropriate for any adult
over age 18. The stakes may be higher for young people
if there is a tragedy and for those diagnosed with chronic illnesses such as congestive heart failure (CHF),
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes,
dementia, end-stage kidney disease, end-stage liver
disease/cirrhosis, and metastatic (spreading) cancer.
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Legal Myths About Advance Medical Directives
Warm, E and Weissman, D. Fast Fact Concept #12: Myths
about Advance Directives. E:\Fast Facts PalCare\Broaching
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Mark your calendars!
Women’s Heart Night
Wednesday, February 26, 5:30-8 pm
The Armory
10 S. High St., Janesville
Enjoy a delicious, heart-healthy dinner, talks
by Mercy’s heart care specialists and more.
A $10 donation to the American Heart Association
is appreciated. Cash bar. RSVP by February 21
by calling (608) 756-6100.
Mercy Hospice Care Workshop
Garden Memory Stones
Saturday, March 29, 1 pm
Rotary Botanical Gardens
Horticultural Center
1455 Palmer Dr., Janesville
Join us for this creative
hands-on activity to help you
remember and honor your loved one. Bring small
personal mementos to add to your unique piece
of garden art. Open to the public. $5 materials fee.
Registration is required and space is limited.
Please RSVP by calling (608) 756-6100.
Evening of Remembrance
Thursday, April 24, 7 pm
Mercy Clinic North community room
3400 Deerfield Dr., Janesville
Gather to honor loved ones who have passed and
reflect through readings, music and a candle-lighting
ceremony. This event is free and open to the public,
regardless of affiliation with Mercy Hospice Care.
Please RSVP by calling (608) 756-6100.
house of mercy
InspIre. Heal. GIve.
Saturday
april 26
Janesville Country Club
To be a committee volunteer,
donate silent auction items,
or attend the event, call
(608) 741-2422.
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ALL NEW!
Faster, greener delivery
Would you like to receive your
Senior Connection as a pdf
document via email? If so,
please email your request
to Mercy HealthLine at
[email protected]. Add
“Senior Connection newsletter”
to the subject line. Thank you!
Win $25 in groceries!
Don’t forget: when you refer your friends and family members to Senior
Connection, tell them to write your name on the upper right-hand corner
of their application form. When two or more applications are received
with your name, you’re put into a quarterly drawing for a $25 gift
certificate to the grocery store of your choice.
Fall’s winner is Paulette Remillard. The next drawing will be held this fall.
Senior Connection applications can be obtained at the Mercy Health Mall
reception desk, or by calling (608) 741-3810.
Stride for Health Mall Walking Program
Second Tuesday of each month
8:15-9:30 am
Janesville Mall Food Court, 2500 Milton Ave.
Get your blood pumping this winter in a safe environment.
Stride for Health is sponsored by Mercy Health System and
the Janesville Mall. It is free and open to the public. Monthly
meetings include a continental breakfast, health screenings,
door prize drawings, and an educational health-related
presentation. Participants receive a free t-shirt when they
sign up for membership. For more information, call (608)
756-6100 or (888) 39-MERCY.
senior CONNECTION
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Healthy Bites
Medicare hour
FREE health information series is held the
third Wednesday of each month at Basics
Cooperative Natural Foods store, 1711 Lodge Dr.,
Janesville. A light lunch is provided. To register,
call Mercy HealthLine at (608) 756-6100 or
(888) 39-MERCY.
If you’ve ever felt lost in the Medicare maze, join us for
this free and informative hour held the fourth Tuesday
of each month, 9-10 am, at the Mercy Health Mall,
1010 N. Washington St., Janesville.
April 22 . . . . . . .Deciphering Medicare’s
Explanation of Benefits (EOB)
May 27 . . . . . . .What does Medicare cover?
June 23 . . . . . . .Medicare Advantage plans
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1010 N. Washington St.
Janesville, WI 53548
Senior Connection
To learn about upcoming topics, read Mercy
Health Systems’s Staying Healthy ad in the
Janesville Gazette or The Messenger, or call
(608) 756-6100.
A continental breakfast is served. To register, call Mercy
HealthLine at (608) 756-6100 or (888) 39-MERCY.