Future Planning

Advance Directives

Advance care planning as part of routine care

Planning Ahead for Future Health Care Decisions

Planning Ahead for Mental Health Care

Setting Health Care Goals: A Guide for People with Health Problems

VA Advance Directive Form

What is an Advance Directive?

What is a Living Will?

What is a Healthcare Power of Attorney?

Benefits of Having an Advance Directive

Your Health Checklist: Storing and Updating Your Advance Directive

Your Health Checklist: Do's and Don'ts of an Advance Directive

What Is a DNR Order?

Health Minute: Organ and Tissue Donation

Health Minute: Making Your Wishes Known

What Is a POLST?

Deciding About Resuscitation

Deciding About Artificial Hydration

Deciding About Artificial Feeding

Stopping Life-Sustaining Treatments

Being a Healthcare Proxy

Advance Medical Directive

Choosing an Agent

Life Support

Understanding DNR Orders

Removing Life Support

An Agent's Role for Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)