If you are unable to make healthcare decisions for yourself, Advance Directives serve as legal documents that provide instructions about your healthcare preferences.
There are multiple types!
Person you choose to speak on your behalf and make healthcare decisions when you are not able. For example, if you are in a coma, under anesthesia, or sedated.
Written instructions detailing your end-of-life preferences regarding healthcare. A Living Will is only activated if you are terminally ill, unable to make decisions, or if you are unconscious.
A designation that communicates the type of emergent healthcare you would, or would not, like to receive if your heart or breathing stops. There are multiple choices for your Code Status. Click here to learn more.
Western Reserve Hospital offers a FREE Advance Directives Consult Service in partnership with the Hospice of the Western Reserve.
Our Advance Directives experts can help with:
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The steps required to complete your Advance Directives are detailed below. We provided two sets of instructions to make sure you are prepared whether you use our FREE consult service, or choose to complete the process on your own.