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Your healthcare providers have a duty to honor your wishes about your medical treatment. But what if you become too sick to make those decisions? Find out how a durable healthcare power of attorney and living will can document your wishes now, so that you are prepared in case of an emergency.
"Advance directives" is the legal term for documents that designate health care decision-makers and choices about life-sustaining treatment. Members of the public can obtain copies of Ohio's living will/durable power of attorney for health care forms from Leading Age Ohio.
If you wish to direct medical treatment in other circumstances, you should prepare a Health Care Power of Attorney. If you are in a terminal condition or a permanently unconscious state, this Living Will Declaration takes precedence over a Health Care Power of Attorney.
An advance directive is a legally binding document that gives instructions for your healthcare in the event that you are no longer able to make or communicate those decisions yourself. Laws and instructions differ by state. Learn more about the basics of advance directives and advance care planning.
24 Αυγ 2021 · All individuals over the age of 151⁄2 can register and give advance authorization for donation. Medical suitability for donation is determined at the time of death. If a minor dies before the age of 18, a parent can amend or revoke the donation decision.
This packet contains a legal document, an Ohio Advance Health Care Directive, that protects your right to refuse medical treatment you do not want, or to request treatment you do want, in the event you lose the ability to make decisions yourself.
Advance Directives are legal documents that provide instructions about your healthcare wishes, in case you are unable to make healthcare decisions for yourself. There are two primary types of Advance Directives in the state of Ohio, (1) Health Care Power of Attorney and (2) Living Will.