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WHAT Are Advance Directives?
They are are legal documents that state your your your choices about your your your healthcare if you you you you you cannot speak for yourself
or or are unable to make your your own decisions You do not need a a a a a lawyer in order to complete Advance Directives • The hospital will provide you with information regarding Advance Directives and will assist you with the development of an an an Advance Directive Directive • The hospital will provide you with information regarding Organ Donation and will assist you with decisions concerning the donation of organs • We will honor your your wishes regarding your your end-of-life decisions POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTHCARE: NAMES THE PERSON you you you have chosen to make medical decisions for for you you you you if you you you you are unable to to make them for for yourself
LIVING WILL: OUTLINES THE TREATMENT you want to receive at the end of life such as:
• Do you you want CPR if if your heart
stops beating?
• Do you you want a a a a a ventilator if you you stop breathing?
• Do you you want a a a a a feeding tube or or IV if you you cannot eat or or drink?
WHY Do You Need Advance Directives?
Discussing the healthcare you you you want if if you you you can't speak for yourself
due to to illness or or or end of life helps to to relieve the stress and worry created by not being prepared • Bring your Advance Directives with you you you every time you you you come to the hospital • Discuss your your Advance Directives with your your your advocate or or loved ones and review your your your forms regularly to to be sure they are are still up-to-date with your your healthcare choices 34
Visit CaringInfo org for for more information on on how to download your Advance Directive forms ADVANCE DIRECTIVES