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Are you interested in having one on file? The best time to prepare your Advanced Medical Directive (pdf) is before a circumstance arises where one may be needed. An Advance Health Care Directive (or ...

An advance directive is a way to tell your loved ones and doctors your wishes if something happens and you can’t speak for yourself. A directive can include the type and extent of your medical care.

Living wills and other advance directives are written, legal instructions regarding your preferences for medical care if you are unable to make decisions for yourself. Advance directives guide choices ...

An advance healthcare directive is a type of legal document that allows you to state your wishes regarding future medical care. You can appoint someone – often a trusted friend or family member – to ...

While it's important to be prepared when it comes to personal health, preparing for every potential illness or medical crisis is impossible. But, sharing your preferences regarding care options and ...

Most people do not want to think about death and dying -- so they don't. Until they have to. Unfortunately, that often means that families are left struggling with difficult decisions about important ...

States generally allow a person (principal) to appoint another person (agent) to make health care decisions, receive protected health information, or both on the principal’s behalf. In many states, ...

Oregon was the first state in the nation to enshrine advanced directives in its statutes. Essentially, the forms allow people to appoint a health care representative if they become incapacitated. The ...

Oregon's end-of-life medical directive form, or POLST form, will no longer include the option of having a feeding tube. Feeding tubes are surgically inserted through the abdomen wall and deliver food.

As we head into the Great Wealth Transfer of $68 trillion being transitioned from older generations to younger generations, financial advisors have an opportunity to bridge generational gaps and ...