COMPASSION
& CHOICES of MINNESOTA
Compassion in Dying—End-of-Life
Choices
Compassion & Choices of Minnesota is one of about 60 local chapters
of the national organization called Compassion & Choices,
which has it major offices in Denver, Colorado & Portland, Oregon.
This new name resulted from the merger of two similar organizations
called
Compassion in Dying
and End-of-Life Choices.
These are the meanings behind our new name.
Some of the local chapters still use a variation of
these older names.
We used to be the Hemlock Society of Minnesota,
then End-of-Life Choices of Minnesota.
But our new name more fully reflects our mission.
Compassion & Choices is the oldest and largest
right-to-die organization.
Complete history, mission, other local chapters, etc.
will be found on our national website:
http://www.compassionandchoices.org
.
You become a member of Compassion & Choices of Minnesota
by joining this national organization.
Compassion & Choices of Minnesota now serves all
C&C members
who live in Minnesota and North Dakota.
As of the end of 2005, we have about 460 members.
MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS
C&C-MN holds at least two meetings of the
membership
per year:
Fall & Spring.
Click here for Upcoming
Meetings
.
We usually meet at the First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis.
CONTACT US—Compassion & Choices of
Minnesota
e-mail address:
compchoicemn@comcast.net
postal address:
Compassion & Choices of Minnesota
PO Box 24902
Edina, Minnesota 55424-0902
telephone:
952-929-1955
website for Compassion & Choices of
Minnesota:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/C&C-MN.html
CLIENT SUPPORT PROGRAM
If you or someone you know is facing end-of-life
choices,
you might want to contact our Client Support Program.
All Client Services are initiated thru our national
offices.
For further information go to our national website:
http://www.compassionandchoices.org
to see what services are offered.
Our Client Support Program is free of charge for everyone.
By telephone, call our national toll-free number: 1-800-247-7421,
and ask for a Client Support Counselor.
Counselors are available 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM
(central time) Monday-Friday.
Other times you can call and leave a message.
A Counselor will call you back during the hours above.
PROGRAM
PLANNING
Our ideas for future programs are included here
so that other chapters might adapt the same ideas
to their own situations.
LIBRARY OF PAST PROGRAMS
Some of our past programs are available in various
media.
ELECTRONIC
DISCUSSION GROUP
Some members of Compassion & Choices of Minnesota
have joined this e-mail list,
which permits communication among subscribers.
20 reasons for joining this list will be found by clicking the name
above.
CHANGING THE
LAWS OF MINNESOTA
WITH RESPECT TO THE RIGHT-TO-DIE
This is a separate website and e-mail list
for everyone interested in changing Minnesota's laws concerning the
right-to-die.
This website outlines four possible ways to secure the right-to-die.
And it explains how to join the electronic discussion group:
Right-to-Die Minnesota
SPEAKERS BUREAU
Compassion & Choices of Minnesota
has an
organized list of speakers and talks
that are available to other organizations in Minnesota.
If you would like to have a C&C speaker for your group,
use one of the means of contacting us listed above.
LINK TO HOSPICE MINNESOTA
—Find a hospice, help with Advance
Medical Directives
Hospice Minnesota in an umbrella organization
for dozens of hospice programs operating in Minnesota.
This website might be a good place to begin the
search
for an appropriate hospice program
for yourself or someone you care
about.
Another especially helpful feature of the Hospice
Minnesota website
is advice for creating an Advance Directive for Medical Care.
Suggested language (representing a wide spectrum of choices)
is offered for some of the major issues
that should be addressed in an Advance Medical Directive.
Click the following link to learn more:
http://www.hospicemn.org
Minnesota Starvation
and Dehydration
of Persons with Disabilities Prevention Act
This
index leads to several items of response
to this proposed law for Minnesota.
The several files which
constitute this website for
Compassion & Choices of Minnesota
are maintained by the
webmaster:
James Park: e-mail: PARKx032@TC.UMN.EDU