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POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) A POLST form also helps describe your wishes for health care, but it is not an advance directive. A POLST form has a set of specific medical orders that a seriously ill person can fill in and ask their health care provider to sign.

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. With a medical power of attorney you can appoint a person to make healthcare decisions for you in case you are unable to speak for yourself.

- An advance directive is a written document that provides directions for the provision of care when a client is unable to make his or her own treatment choices; the two basic types of advance directives are the instructional living will and the durable power of attorney for health care.

Advance directives are legal documents that provide instructions for medical care and only go into effect if you cannot communicate your own wishes. The two most common advance directives for health care are the living will and the durable power of attorney for health care.

Stated simply: A do-not resuscitate order says that if your heart stops beating, or if you stop breathing, you don't want to be resuscitated. An advance directive is more general. You can specify your wishes if you are incapacitated.

The Vermont Advance Directive Registry (VADR) is a secure online database where Vermonters can submit copies of their completed advance directive documents to be accessed by authorized health care facilities and providers when needed.

Advance directives eliminate guesswork. Creating a living will, assigning power of attorney, or stating health care instructions can be clarifying for both the care team and a patient's family in the event the patient becomes ill and lacks decision-making capacity.

The 4 parts of the California statutory advance health care directive form Part 1: Medical power of attorney. Part 2: Living will. Part 3: Organ donation. Part 4: Choose a primary physician.

Limits of Advance Directives May not fully understand treatment options or choices they have. May change their minds and forget to tell others. Have advance directives that are too vague to guide medical decisions or may not be useful when situations change.