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.

My sister and I had to make decisions that determined the course of my parents’ final hours. This important end-of-life document could have guided us ...

Dear Savvy Senior: All this horrible coronavirus carnage got me thinking about my own end-of-life decisions if I were to get sick. Can you recommend some good resources that can help me create a ...

An advance directive is a legally binding document regulated by state laws. Advance directives are subject to The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA), 1990, a federal law that encourages individuals ...

Learn how Advance Directives empower you to make informed decisions about your future healthcare and ease the burden on your ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Both clinicians and patients more often utilized advance directives that were more “readable, understandable, ...

Writing an advance directive is often considered step one for people who want to have a voice in the medical decisions made at the end of their lives, even if they are no longer able to communicate. I ...

Mary Beebe confronted her mortality about three years ago, when her primary care physician handed her an advance directive form during a regular visit. It asked her to specify which life-extending ...

For the past 20 years, receptionists at St. Charles Bend and other hospitals have handed out forms giving their patients a chance to dictate how they want to die, the types of life-sustaining medical ...

New Hampshire’s advance directive form got an update Monday. Governor Hassan signed a bill that seeks to streamline and simplify the document. Advance directives—sometimes called living wills—let ...