Anticipated directives furnish guidance on your preferred medical choices in instances where you’re incapacitated to voice your decisions.
A medical power of attorney is a legal form designating a dependable individual to oversee your health choices should you be rendered incapable. This is also recognized as a durable power of attorney.
A living will delineates your desires regarding medical interventions when your existence is at risk, encompassing dialysis and ventilators, resuscitation efforts, enteral nutrition, as well as the bequest of organs or bodily tissues upon passing.
To procure an anticipated directive, you may approach any of the subsequent sources:
– Your medical care provider
– Your legal representative
– Your regional Area Agency on Aging
– Your state’s department of health services
