Health Care Directive

A health care directive tells your doctor, family and friends how you wish to be treated medically, including how you would like end-of-life decisions handled. Also known as living will, personal directive or advance directive. Learn why you need a health care directive.

Articles About Health Care Directives

Avoid the #1 Mistake Elders Make with Healthcare Directives
A mistake elderly people make is choosing two people as agents for Advanced Healthcare Directives. Choosing only one helps avoid disputes.
Healthcare Directives: Do Parents Want To Be On Life Support?
How your elderly parent can use healthcare directives to specify if they want to be kept alive by life support or artificial means at the end of life.
3 Must-Have Legal Documents for Elderly Healthcare
Not getting the right legal documents in place means that you might not be able to gain access to your parent's healthcare information, or act on their behalf if they are unable to do so. You can avoid this scenario by working with your elderly parent to prepare these documents.

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Q&A with the Experts on Health Care Directives

What are healthcare directives?
A document your elderly parent signs, giving someone else the authority to make health and medical decisions if your parent is unable to speak or make decisions.
What Is a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Order and how does it work?
A Do Not Resuscitate Order is a legally binding physician’s order for a patient, that no steps will be taken to restart a person’s heart when it stops or to get a person breathing again.

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