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Advance directives
Individuals admitted to the hospital are given information about advance directives and other healthcare decisions.
Advance directives give you a voice in decisions about your medical care when you are unable to communicate. If you become seriously ill, you may lose the ability to participate in decisions about your own treatment.
Advance directives are valuable tools that protect you and your right to make medical choices that can affect your life. They also protect your family from having the responsibility and stress of making difficult decisions for you, and help your physician by providing guidelines for your care. Advance directives may include living wills.
How to prepare advance directives: Click the pdf file below to download information from the state and the necessary forms; or you can get the forms from: the hospital, hospice and home healthcare agencies, long-term care facilities, attorneys' offices or the state attorney general's office.
 Advance Directives Forms
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