Plan for the Future
As the caregiver of a family member with a life-threatening disease, you may feel that you have very little to say about your loved ones personal end-of life issues. However, the decisions made or not made by the patient can influence the course of both your lives. Many people use an Advance Directive, wills, videos, and letters to make their wishes known.
Plan for the Future gives both patients and caregivers guidance on what to consider while the interactive planning tools address patient end-of-life questions and needs directly. Use the tools and information in this section to work with your loved one on end- of-life issues and important health-related legal documents.
Interactive Tools
Are you feeling as if you and your loved one need to open a discussion of end-of-life issues. Use Discussing End-of-Life Issues for ideas about starting and maintaining that conversation.
Confused as to what legal documents should be in place. The Advance Directive Documents tool will take you and the patient through a step-by-step process to develop documents that can be used with health care facilities.
Many people want to leave detailed instructions of their end-of-life care. The Telling Loved Ones Your Wishes tool will give your loved one guidance with real life examples that relate to how patients made end-of-life decisions.
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