To the editor:

COVID-19 has not stopped to give people who are not prepared time to make end-of-life care directives. Instead, people were caught in isolation from family members, confused over treatment options, without opportunity to make the decisions about what matters most to us if we are confronted with a possible terminal illness.

Compassion & Choices has prepared a factual and highly detailed COVID-19 Toolkit to help individuals make decisions about the type of care you would want if you contracted the virus.

The free information details the decisions that should be considered, guidelines for advanced care planning, how to talk with your loved ones and your health care provider.

COVID-19 brought to many the deaths most of us feared. It remains a threat, as do other predicted pandemics. I encourage you to use the Compassion & Choices COVID-19 Toolkit to help make your decisions concerning dire illness and end-of-life care.

Phyllis Magnus

Saranac Lake