Traditions Health (traditionshealth.com) informs that National Healthcare Decisions Day is April 16.
An advance directive includes the end-of-life information one wants one’s family and healthcare providers to know about one’s healthcare decisions if one becomes unable to communicate those choices. Within the advance directive, one can include instructions for a wide variety of treatments and procedures unique to one’s own health.
Each state has different requirements for advance directives. Some states require advance directives to be notarized, while others require a signature from witnesses. Some states ask for both things.
Although there is no requirement that one must complete an advance directive, they are very important documents for all patients— especially those with a terminal illness. They are also important tools for loved ones. Traditions Health understands that one’s advance directive will be able to speak for a person in the event that person is no longer able to speak for himself or herself; Traditions Health ensures its end-of-life-care services can be relied upon, so its patients’ healthcare desires are met.
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