Advance Health Care Directive

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Are you prepared? Your health care directive might be the most important estate planning document you ever prepare. An Advance Health Care Directive is a set of written instructions that a person gives that specifies what actions should be taken for their health, if they are no longer able to make decisions due to illness or incapacity. We encourage our clients to think and talk with loved ones about your wishes for end-of-life medical care. It is important to contact an estate planning attorney that can help you put all your affairs in order.

An Advance Health Care Directive will allow you to:

1.  Name the person or persons you wish to make health care decisions for you now and/or in the future
2.  Consent or refuse consent to any care, treatment, service, or procedure to maintain, diagnose, or otherwise affect a physical or mental condition.
3. Select or discharge health care providers and institutions.
4. Approve or disapprove diagnostic tests, surgical procedures, and programs of medication.
5. Direct the provision, withholding, or withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration and all other forms of health care,including cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
6. Make anatomical gifts, authorize an autopsy, and direct disposition of remains.

To be certain that your directive reflects your own personal wishes and that it is done correctly, it is best to consult a Sacramento attorney such as Duncan Law. Our team of experts will help you put together your Advance Health Care Directive to give you the peace of mind that you will be taken care of if an unfortunate situation ever arises.