Today more and more families are protecting their loved ones from the painful burden that end-of-life issues cause. As part of our dedication to serving your community we would like to extend two free special offers which include invaluable information on helping your family at these most difficult of times.

The Five Wishes ® booklet is a Living Will that lets people document how they want to be cared for if they become seriously ill and unable to make decisions on their own. It addresses medical wishes, while taking into consideration emotional and spiritual needs as well. The Five Wishes booklet also touches on the importance of preplanning funeral, cremation and cemetery arrangements. It was written with the help of The American Bar Association's Commission on the Legal Problems of the Elderly, and the nation's leading experts in the end-of- life care. Because of increased public awareness in Living Wills and the direct tie-in to preplanning, you may wish to provide complimentary copies to your family and community. It's also easy to use. All you have to do is check a box, circle a direction, or write a few sentences.

The Dignity Memorial ® Personal Planning Guide is a valuable tool that allows you to record statistical, financial and personal information that your family will need during and after your final arrangements. Planning ahead and documenting those decisions facilitates family discussions of important final arrangement decisions and removes the burden from loved ones. Preplanning puts your family first by taking away the anxiety caused by guessing what you might have wanted. It lets your family know exactly what your wishes are. Many families have come back to us and told our directors that they would not have known where to begin without this completed guide. It is an easy-complete form that lets you say exactly what you want. Once it is filled out and properly signed it is valid under the laws of most states.

My Wish For:

• The Person I Want To Make Care Decisions For Me When I Can't
• The Kind of Medical Treatment I Want or Don't Want
• How Comfortable I Want to Be
• How I Want People to Treat Me
• What I Want My Loved Ones to Know

• It lets you talk to your family, friends and doctor about how you want to be treated if you become seriously ill.
• Your family members will not have to guess what you want. It protects them if you become seriously ill, because they won't have to make hard choices with knowing your wishes.
• You can know what your mom, dad, spouse, or friend wants through a Five Wishes living will. You can be there for them when they need you most. You will understand what they really want.

How Five Wishes Began

For 12 years, a man named Jim Towey worked closely with Mother Teresa, and, for one year, he lived in an hospice she ran in Washington. D.C. Inspired by this first-hand experience, Mr.Towey sought a way for patients and their families to plan ahead and t cope with serious illness. The result is Five Wishes and the response to it has been overwhelming. It has been featured on CNN and NBC's Today Show and in the pages of Time and Money magazines. Newspapers have called Five Wishes the first "living will with a heart."

Who Should Use Five Wishes

Five Wishes is for anyone 18 or older - married, single, parents, adult children, and friends. Over three million Americans of all ages have already used it. Because it works so well, lawyers, doctors, hospitals and hospices, faith communities, employers, and retiree groups are handing out this document.

Five Wishes States

If you live in the District of Columbia or one of the 36 states listed below, you can use Five Wishes and have the peace of mind to know that is substantially meets your state's requirements under the law:

If your state is not one of the 36 states listed here, Five Wishes does not meet the technical requirements in the statutes of your state. So some doctors in your state may be reluctant to honor Five Wishes. However, many people from states not on this list do complete Five Wishes along with their state's legal form. They find that Five Wishes helps them express all that they want and provides a helpful guide to family members, friends, care givers and doctors. Most doctors and health care professionals know they need to listen to your wishes no matter how you express them.

How Do I Change To Five Wishes?

You may already have a living will or a durable power of attorney for health care. If you want to use Five Wishes instead, all you need to do is fill out and sign a Five Wishes as directed. As soon as you sign it, it takes away any advance directive you had before. to make sure the right form is used, please do the following:

• Destroy all copies of our old living will or durable power of attorney for health care. Or you can write "revoked" in large letters across the copy you have. Tell your lawyer if he or she helped prepare those old forms for you. AND
• Tell your Health Care Agent, family members, and doctor that you have filled out the new Five Wishes. Make sure they know about your new wishes.

Make your wishes known today. Dignity Memorial® providers are offering you a complimentary Five Wishes® living will to help you make your wishes known as to how you would like to be cared for in case of a serious illness.

Equally important in planning your end-of-life care, is putting your final funeral and burial wishes in writing. The Dignity Memorial network of funeral, cremation and cemetery service providers can help you create a personalized, detailed blueprint of your final arrangements, alleviating the emotional and financial strain on loved ones in the future.

You will receive essential planning tools, as well as important information regarding Advance Funeral Planning. Give your loved ones a true gift by helping those you love avoid the unnecessary pain and anguish that comes from not being prepared.

To obtain your complimentary Five Wishes booklet or learn more about pre-planning options and exclusive family support benefits, please contact I.J. Morris, Inc. at 631-499-6060, complete the convenient online Order Form or send an email to info@ijmorris.com to have any questions answered or request a Five Wishes Booklet.

A representative will be contacting you to discuss and deliver this vital information.