Advanced Directive/Advanced Care Planning Links
A Gift to Your Family - Consumer Guide : Who will make your medical decisions when you can't? Talking about your preferences for treatment will save your family the heartache of having to make decisions for you without knowing your wishes. A Gift to Your Family helps you get started. This consumer guide educates the public about issues surrounding end-of-life decisions such as power of attorney for health care, living wills, and organ and tissue donation.
Aging With Dignity - Five Wishes : Aging With Dignity provides a free example of its "Five Wishes" form to help individuals clarify their personal, emotional and spiritual needs in addition to their medical wishes.
Put it in Writing : An advance directive is your life on your terms. Whether you're 18 or 80, documenting your wishes today means your family won't have to make heart-wrenching decisions later.
