Resources

Home Care Association of America

http://www.hcaoa.org/

Parkinson’s Foundation

http://www.parkinsonsfoundation.org/

ALS Association

https://www.als.org/

Mental Health America

https://www.mhanational.org/

Alzheimer’s Foundation

www.alz.org/dallasnetexas

National Association for Home Care and Hospice

https://www.nahc.org/

Bereavement for the Loss of a Pet

www.help guide.org

Bereavement

https://grief.com/

Advanced Directives

Advance directives are legal documents that allow you to spell out your decisions about end-of-life care ahead of time. They give you a way to tell your wishes to family, friends, and health care professionals and to avoid confusion later.

An advance directive is a set of instructions someone prepares in advance of ill health that determines his healthcare wishes. For example, a living will is one type of advance directive that becomes effective when a person is terminally ill.

Types of Advanced Directives:

  1. The living will
  2. Durable power of attorney for health care/Medical power of attorney
  3. POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment)
  4. Do not resuscitate (DNR) orders
  5. Organ and tissue donation

What Happens If I Don’t Make an Advance Directive?

You will receive medical care regardless of whether or not you have an advance directive. However, there may be a greater chance you will receive the types of care and treatments you want if you have an advance directive.

The Five Wishes:

Wish 1: The Person I Want to Make Care Decisions for Me When I Can’t.
Wish 2: The Kind of Medical Treatment I Want or Don’t Want.
Wish 3: How Comfortable I Want to Be.
Wish 4: How I Want People to Treat Me.
Wish 5: What I Want My Loved Ones to Know.

Helpful resources for advanced directives

The links below help with will planning, Medical Power of Attorney (MPOA), and Financial Power of Attorney (FPOA)

Legal Zoom
www.legalzoom.com

Texas State Website
https://www.texas.gov/

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