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The Advance Health Care Directive is now the legally recognized format for a living will in California. It replaces the Natural Death Act Declaration.
A simple, straightforward document called an advance directive allows you to express your wishes if you become incapacitated and unable to communicate. Advance directives are recognized in every state, and millions of Americans have them as part of their medical records.
Problems with Advance Directives For example, an older adult may not fully understand treatment options or recognize the consequences of certain choices in the future. Sometimes, people change their minds after expressing advance directives and forget to inform others.
There are two main elements in an advance directivea living will and a durable power of attorney for health care. There are also other documents that can supplement your advance directive. You can choose which documents to create, depending on how you want decisions to be made.
An advance directive is a legal document that explains how you want medical decisions about you to be made if you cannot make the decisions yourself.
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Types of Advance Directives The living will. Durable power of attorney for health care/Medical power of attorney. POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) Do not resuscitate (DNR) orders. Organ and tissue donation.
It helps others know what type of medical care you want. An advance directive also allows you to express your values and desires related to end-of-life care. You might think of it as a living documentone that you can adjust as your situation changes because of new information or a change in your health.
Advance directives are legal documents that allow you to plan and make your own end-of- life wishes known in the event that you are unable to communicate. Advance directives consist of (1) a living will and (2) a medical (healthcare) power of attorney. A living will describes your wishes regarding medical care.
Types of Advance Directives The living will. Durable power of attorney for health care/Medical power of attorney. POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) Do not resuscitate (DNR) orders. Organ and tissue donation.
A specific and common example of an advance directive is a do not resuscitate order (or DNR), which guides care only if your heart stops beating (cardiac arrest) or you are no longer breathing.

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