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  1. Click ‘Get Form’ to open the health care directive in the editor.
  2. In Part 1, designate your primary agent by filling in their name, address, and contact information. You may also add alternate agents if desired.
  3. Specify the authority of your agent regarding health care decisions. If you wish to limit their authority, clearly state those limitations.
  4. In Part 2, express your wishes regarding end-of-life decisions. Choose whether you want to prolong life or not and provide any additional instructions for pain relief.
  5. Part 3 allows you to indicate your wishes about organ donation. Mark the appropriate boxes based on your preferences.
  6. Designate a primary physician in Part 4 if you have one. Fill in their details as required.
  7. After completing all sections, sign and date the form. Ensure it is witnessed by two qualified individuals or notarized as per requirements.

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A living will outlines your preferences for medical treatment if you become incapacitated and unable to communicate your wishes. Its primary purpose is to ensure your healthcare decisions are respected, particularly regarding life-sustaining treatments when you cannot express them yourself. What Is A Living Will? How Does It Work? Why Use One? westernsouthern.com retirement what-is- westernsouthern.com retirement what-is-
Types of Advance Directives The living will. Durable power of attorney for health care. POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) Do not resuscitate (DNR) orders. Organ and tissue donation.
How long does an advance directive for health care last? The advance directive will remain valid during your lifetime unless you revoke it or you sign a new advance directive [unless] or there is a specific time limit written in the advance directive. The health care representatives authority ends when you die.
An advance health care directive lets your physician, family, and friends know your health care preferences, including the types of special treatment you want or dont want at the end of life, your desire for diagnostic testing, surgical procedures, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and organ donation.
The most common types of advance directives are the living will and the durable power of attorney for health care. Learn about these and other advance care planning forms you might want to complete.

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You might confuse living wills and advance directives because living wills are a type of advance directive. Advance directives refer to any legal form guiding your future medical care, and living wills refer to specific documents that shape end-of-life treatment.
An advance healthcare directive, also known as living will, personal directive, advance directive, medical directive or advance decision, is a document in which a person specifies what actions should be taken for their health if they are no longer able to make decisions for themselves because of illness or incapacity.

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