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Advance Directives
Advance Directives
An advance directive is a way to communicate your wishes about the use of life-sustaining treatment. It can be used to authorize or refuse certain treatments and to designate another person to make medical decisions for you. Advance directives generally include a Living Will and Health Care Power of Attorney. Advance directives may be revoked at any time. Because of the serious nature of advance directives, the matter should be discussed thoroughly with your family and physician while you are healthy. You may cancel or change an advance directive at any time in accordance with state law. Changes should be made in writing and should be signed and dated. Your healthcare decision-maker needs to know your:- Preferred and undesired types of medical treatment.
- Acceptable extent of medical treatment and invasive procedures.
- Family dynamics and who to consult in making decisions.
- Health care and death-related fears and concerns.
- Religious or spiritual considerations.
- End-of-life planning and, if necessary, desire to die at home versus the hospital.
- Desired quality-of-life level.
- Thoughts on the experiences of others who have gone through similar situations.
Resources
State of Ohio Advance Directives Kit - Click on Ohio Complete 2014 Advance Directives Kit (Pro Seniors). This printable kit includes forms for Living Will, Health Care Power of Attorney, Donor Registration Form Choices: Living Well at the End of Life - A complete advance directives kit for Ohio residents compiled by the Midwest Care Alliance. The kit is available to download and print, or you can request a copy by mail. The site also includes a series of FAQs and a webinar about Advance Directives.Begin the Conversation
Description:
This website provides tools and resources to help individuals and families plan for (and talk about) end of life care. State-specific resources and forms are available.
Begin the Conversation, an advance care planning program created to encourage the use of advance care directives, was created in 2009 by Wilmington, North Carolina-based Lower Cape Fear Hospice. To help everyone prepare for the unexpected, the goal is to encourage everyone to complete advance care directives with a focus on the value of conversations in advance care planning.
Leading Age Ohio
Columbus OH 43220
Description:
LeadingAge Ohio is a nonprofit organization that represents approximately 400 long-term care organizations and hospices, as well as those providing ancillary health care and housing services, in more than 150 Ohio towns and cities.
LeadingAge Ohio, reflecting the role of the association and its members in providing quality housing and health care services for Ohio’s older and disabled population.
National Healthcare Decisions Day
Description:
This website provides access to helpful information and forms to help individuals and families in planning for their healthcare needs and wishes.
Mission
National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD) exists to inspire, educate and empower the public and providers about the importance of advance care planning. NHDD is an initiative to encourage patients to express their wishes regarding healthcare and for providers and facilities to respect those wishes, whatever they may be.
Overview
NHDD exists as a 50-state annual initiative to provide clear, concise, and consistent information on healthcare decision-making to both the public and providers/facilities through the widespread availability and dissemination of simple, free, and uniform tools (not just forms) to guide the process. NHDD entails 50 independent, but coordinated, state and local events (necessitated by the difference in state laws and dynamics) supported by a national media and public education campaign.
In all respects, NHDD is inclusive and brings a variety of players in the larger healthcare/legal/religious community together to work on a common project, to the benefit of patients, families, and providers. NHDD is not prescriptive; it allows for and fosters creativity.
A key goal of NHDD is to demystify healthcare decision-making and make the topic of advance care planning inescapable. On NHDD, no one in the U.S. should be able to open a paper, watch TV, view the internet, see a physician or lawyer, or go to a healthcare facility without being confronted with the topic of advance care planning. Among other things, NHDD helps people understand that advance healthcare decision-making includes much more than living wills; it is a process that should focus first on conversation and choosing an agent.
Vision
Across the country, every healthcare facility will participate as the flagship venues for the public engagement. Other participating organizations/facilities that have their own physical spaces will engage in activities as well. Those organizations that lack physical spaces will work in conjunction with others or at non-healthcare venues (libraries, grocery stores, drug stores, etc.) to support the initiative. A variety of churches, synagogues, and mosques around the country will also support the effort by highlighting the importance of advance care planning with their congregations.
Ohio State Bar Association
Columbus 43204
Description:
The OSBA provides a great deal of general information about all aspects of the law for members of the public, including handbooks, pamphlets, newspaper columns, programs, and information about attorneys. This information is offered free of charge and can be downloaded off of the website. The LawFacts pamphlet series provides general information for consumers about the most commonly encountered legal issues such as advanced directives, wills, bankruptcy, DNR orders, guardianships, living trusts, living wills, probate, etc.
The Conversation Project
Boston 02109
Description:
The Conversation Project is dedicated to helping people talk about their wishes for end-of-life care. The website includes personal stories and a Starter Kit to help individual and families get their thoughts together and then have a conversation about their wishes for end of life care.