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How can I complete an advance directive? Any person over age 18 who can make his or her own decisions can complete an advance directive form. You do not need a lawyer to complete advance directive forms. However, the forms need to be signed by a notary or two witnesses.
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.
Advance Directives are legal documents that provide instructions about your health care wishes in case you are unable to speak for yourself due to a medical condition. In Ohio, do not resuscitate orders, living wills, organ donation and durable powers of attorney are advance directives that are authorized by state law.
The two most common advance directives for health care are the living will and the durable power of attorney for health care. Living will: A living will is a legal document that tells doctors how you want to be treated if you cannot make your own decisions about emergency treatment.
Traditionally, there are two main kinds of advance directives: the living will and the Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare. California also allows the use of a POLST (Physician's Orders For Life-Sustaining Treatment).
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.
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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