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2. Institute for Healthcare Advancement - Wikipedia

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   It has developed easy to use bilingual versions of advance health care directives in English, Spanish, Chinese, and Vietnamese; a Khmer version is being developed. It has been approved for use in California and may be downloaded for free. Health Literacy Conference

3. Five Wishes - Wikipedia

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   The Five Wishes. Wishes 1 and 2 are both legal documents. Once signed, they meet the legal requirements for an advance directive in the states listed below. Wishes 3, 4, and 5 are unique to Five Wishes, in that they address matters of comfort care, spirituality, forgiveness, and final wishes. Wish 1: "The Person I Want to Make Care Decisions ...

4. Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment - Wikipedia

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   POLST ( Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) is an approach to improving end-of-life care in the United States, encouraging providers to speak with the severely ill and create specific medical orders to be honored by health care workers during a medical crisis. [1] POLST began in Oregon in 1991 and currently exists in 46 states ...

5. How to Make Your Advance Directives - WebMD

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   There are two types of advance directives: Health care proxy. This is a document that names the person who will make your medical decisions if you can’t. It’s also called a durable power of ...

6. Making Your Last Wishes Known - WebMD

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   You can obtain free, state-specific, do-it-yourself forms from Partnership for Caring, a nonprofit group that invented the living will in 1967 and counsels people about end-of-life issues. You can ...

7. Your Guide to End of Life Planning - Healthline

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   End of life planning is a key part of financial and estate planning. An end of life plan allows you to officially document your wishes for the final days. This includes important decisions such as ...

8. Advance Directives: Having the Talk - WebMD

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   Advance directives are legal documents that take effect when someone is no longer able to speak for himself or herself. They include: Living will: a legal document that guides health care ...

9. Advance healthcare directive - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. An advance healthcare directive, also known as living will, personal directive, advance directive, medical directive or advance decision, is a legal document in which a person specifies what actions should be taken for their health if they are no longer able to make decisions for themselves because of illness or incapacity. In the U.S ...