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All adults 18 and older can complete an advance directive. There are two types of advance directives in Washington state: 1) a durable power of attorney for health care and 2) a health care directive. The advance directive in this booklet is a durable power of attorney for health care (DPOA-HC).

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.

An advance directive is a voluntary, legal way to write down your advance care planning decisions. You should share your advance directive with people who matter to you?like your health care agent and loved ones?and your health care providers, clinic, and hospital. An advance directive should be updated regularly.

To sum it up, an Advance Healthcare Directive and a Do Not Resuscitate order are two important but distinct documents. An AD is necessary for all adult Californians.

The two most common advance directives for health care are the living will and the durable power of attorney for health care.

The health care directive must be signed by you and witnessed by two people or acknowledged by a notary public. The health care directive allows people who clearly do not want their lives artificially prolonged under the above conditions to make their wishes known.

Written ahead of time, a health care advance directive is a written document that says how you want medical decisions to be made if you lose the ability to make decisions for yourself. A health care advance directive may include a Living Will and a Durable Power of Attorney for health care.