Free Advance Directive Workshop Held Monthly January 22, 2026 Would your health care wishes be honored if you were unable to speak for yourself because of illness or injury? Each month, Samaritan Health Services offers a free Advance Directive Workshop in Newport to help you explore your health care decisions and to fill out an advance directive. The workshop is facilitated by Chaplain Pauline Morrison, who serves patients at the two Samaritan hospitals in Lincoln County. Topics include: Advance directive conversation starters. Appointing a health care representative. Documenting your desires in the matter of critical life support. Brief introduction to physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST). The workshops are held from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month at the Samaritan Center for Health Education in Newport, 740 SW Ninth St., west of Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital. Call Morrison at 541-996-6100 for more information and to register for one of the following sessions: Jan. 20, Feb. 17, March 17, April 21, May 19, June 16, none in July, Aug. 18, Sept. 15, Oct. 20, Nov. 17 and Dec. 15.
