Name: Known Wishes
Start: 2026-03-18T18:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-03-18T18:00:00-07:00
Location: The Mehdi Reading Room

Known Wishes

What a Hit TV Series Reveals About End-of-Life Planning

Date:: Wednesday, March 18
Time:: 6:00 pm PDT
Cost:: $10 – $35 Sliding Scale

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Venue

: The Mehdi Reading Room
: 1119 8th Ave
Seattle, 98101 United States + Google Map

Event Format: In-Person

EVENT NOTES
Doors for this event will open at 5:30 PM. Town Hall events are approximately 75 minutes long.

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Is the series The Pitt reality or fiction?

In the series The Pitt there are several episodes where doctors discuss a patient’s wishes with loved ones when the patient cannot communicate. You can often hear forms referenced like Advance Directives, Do Not Resuscitate Orders and the Portable Order for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST). These forms are all methods to limit or guide the treatment a patient does or does not want in an ER, depending on how serious their injury or illness is and the risk to their quality of life. To understand the role these forms can play to protect the wishes or you or your loved ones, join Wendy Norman from Known Wishes as she guides you through how to prepare in advance of a healthcare crisis.

Wendy Norman has been researching and engaging with end-of-life issues for over 15 years. Wendy’s interest was sparked by her mother’s diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s in 2006. This is when she learned how important it is to have a plan before becoming ill, especially when cognitive decline is involved. Wanting to help others understand the value of pre-planning, Wendy became an end-of-life planning consultant in 2017. In 2019, she left a 25-year career in marketing and program management to invest her time and energy toward end-of-life planning, education and awareness. In 2020, she helped create and lead a team of volunteers to launch an education and awareness program called End of Life Ready hosted by End of Life Washington. Building on that experience, Known Wishes was created to broaden and deepen end-of-life education.

Presented by Town Hall Seattle and Known Wishes.

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