National Healthcare Decisions Day 2010

Two months after NHDD 2010 (April 16th), with 25% of participants reporting, the NHDD executive board is reporting updated numbers:

• 347,854 members of the general public were confirmed to have received advance directive information as part of NHDD.  This is more than a 350% increase over 2009.


• 582,937 facility staff members or organizational staff members received information about NHDD and/or refreshers on advance directives via email or internal newsletters, etc.  This is a 39% increase over 2009. 


• 3,855 people are known to have executed an advance directive as a result of NHDD activities.   This is a 3% increase over 2009.


• Millions of people were reached with various media coverage, both national and local.