How a St. Louisan helps her community navigate death by filling out advance directives

How a St. Louisan helps her community navigate death by filling out advance directives 
NPR - St. Louis on the Air; by Jada Jones; 1/28/25 
When Vivial Lopez’s grandmother was on life support, her family was faced with many difficult decisions. Her grandmother did not have an advance directive, so her family did not know her final wishes. The experience of navigating her grandmother’s end-of-life plan without any direction led Lopez to advocate for families to prepare advance directives - especially those in Black and brown communities. Approximately only on ein three adults complete an advance directive for end-of-life care. Lopez works with the Gateway End-of-Life Coalition to empower members of the St. Louis community to navigate death through quality end-of-life care.  
Editor's note: Click here for AARP - Find Advance Directives Forms by State, also available in Spanish.