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Bookmark or Share- Advance Care Planning: Advance Directives for Health CareAdvance directives are legal documents that provide instructions for medical care and only go into effect if you cannot communicate your own wishes. The two most common advance directives for health care are the living will and the durable power of attorney for health care.
- Advance Directives for Healthcare & Long Term Care - Cleveland ClinicAn advance directive is a legal document that tells your healthcare providers and loved ones what type of medical care you want to receive if you can’t tell them yourself. The document allows you to communicate ahead of time what kinds of procedures or treatments you’d want or wouldn’t want.
- Advance Directives | Johns Hopkins MedicineAn advance directive, sometimes called a "living will," is a written document that tells your health care providers who should speak for you and what medical decisions they should make if you become unable to speak for yourself. This information is important if you become unconscious or otherwise too sick to make your wishes known.
- A Guide to Advance Health Care Directives - Caring.comAdvance Health Care Directives (AHCDs) are legal instructions ensuring a person gets the desired medical care if they can’t decide for themselves. They serve as guides for medical professionals and help you make decisions for your aging parent’s care.
- Living wills and advance directives for medical decisionsA medical or health care power of attorney is a type of advance directive in which you name a person to make decisions for you when you are unable to do so. In some states this directive may also be called a durable power of attorney for health care or a health care proxy.
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