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The document outlines the Respecting Choices® program at Beaumont, focusing on advance care planning and the creation of an advance directive. It explains what an advance directive is, its legal implications, and the importance of designating a patient advocate to make healthcare decisions when one is unable to do so. The document emphasizes the need for conversations about personal values and healthcare wishes, provides guidance on sharing these wishes with family and healthcare teams, and offers resources for further assistance in completing advance directives.

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Click ‘Get Form’ to open the advance directive respecting in the editor.
Begin by filling out your personal information on the first page, including your full name, date of birth, and contact details. This ensures that your document is correctly identified.
Designate a patient advocate in the Durable Power of Attorney section. Choose someone you trust to make medical decisions on your behalf if you are unable to do so.
Sign and date the document in the presence of two witnesses as required. Ensure that they meet the criteria outlined in the witness statement section.
Review optional sections regarding mental health treatment decisions and CPR preferences. Initial next to your choices to indicate consent.
Once completed, save your document and share it with your healthcare team and family members. You can also upload it to your electronic health record for easy access.

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What are the three types of advance directives?

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.

What is one of the main problems with advance directives?

I do not want my life to be prolonged if the likely risks and burdens of treatment would outweigh the expected benefits, or if I become unconscious and, to a realistic degree of medical certainty, I will not regain consciousness, or if I have an incurable and irreversible condition that will result in my death in a

What are three (3) guidelines pertaining advance directives?

Keep the original advance directives in a safe place thats easy to docHub. Give a copy of your advance directives to your healthcare professional. Make sure they know about your DNR or DNI orders and your healthcare power of attorney. Give a copy of your advance directives to your healthcare agent and any other agents.

What are the three types of advance directives in a PDF?

Traditionally, there are two main kinds of advance directives: the living will and the Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare. The state California also allows the use of a POLST (Physicians Orders For Life‑Sustaining Treatment).

What are the three directives?

Each state has different rules about advance directives, but most include the same types of documents: a living will, a healthcare power of attorney, and a Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment (MOST) form.

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What is the respecting choices model?

Although advance directives may serve arguably as the most direct attempt to maximize patient autonomy, to predict every situation or potential medical intervention would be impossible, and as a result, advance directives are often still vague and require difficult decisions to be made by surrogates, family members,

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