California Advance Health Care Directive
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1 California Advance Health Care Directive This form lets you have a say about how you want to be treated if you get very sick. This form has 3 parts. It lets you: Part 1: Choose a health care agent. A health care agent is a person who can make medical decisions for you if you are too sick to make them yourself. Part 2: Make your own health care choices. This form lets you choose the kind of health care you want. This way, those who care for you will not have to guess what you want if you are too sick to tell them yourself. Part 3: Sign the form. It must be signed before it can be used. You can fill out Part 1, Part 2, or both. Fill out only the parts you want. Always sign the form in Part 3. Go to the next page 1
2 California Advance Health Care Directive If you only want a health care agent go to Part 1 on page 3. If you only want to make your own health care choices go to Part 2 on page 6. If you want both then fill out Part 1 and Part 2. Always sign the form in Part 3 on page 9. What do I do with the form after I fill it out? Share the form with those who care for you: doctors nurses social workers family friends What if I change my mind? Change the form. Tell those that care for you about your changes. What if I have questions about the form? Bring it to your doctors, nurses, social workers, family or friends to answer your questions. What if I want to make health care choices that are not on this form? 2 Write your choices on a piece of paper. Keep the paper with this form. Share your choices with those who care for you.
3 PART 1 Choose your health care agent The person who can make medical decisions for you if you are too sick to make them yourself. Whom should I choose to be my health care agent? A family member or friend who: is at least 18 years old knows you well can be there for you when you need them you trust to do what is best for you can tell your doctors about the decisions you made on this form Your agent cannot be your doctor or someone who works at your hospital or clinic, unless they are a family member. What will happen if I do not choose a health care agent? If you are too sick to make your own decisions, your doctors will ask your closest family members to make decisions for you. If you want your agent to be someone other than family, you must write his or her name on this form. What kind of decisions can my health care agent make? Agree to, say no to, change, stop or choose: doctors, nurses, social workers hospitals or clinics medications or tests what happens to your body and organs after you die Go to the next page 3
4 Part 1: Choose your health care agent Other decisions your agent can make: Life support treatments medical care to try to help you live longer CPR or cardiopulmonary resuscitation cardio = heart pulmonary = lungs resuscitation = to bring back This may involve: pressing hard on your chest to keep your blood pumping electrical shocks to jump start your heart medicines in your veins Breathing machine or ventilator The machine pumps air into your lungs and breathes for you. You are not able to talk when you are on the machine. Dialysis A machine that cleans your blood if your kidneys stop working. Feeding Tube A tube used to feed you if you cannot swallow. The tube is placed down your throat into your stomach. It can also be placed by surgery. Blood transfusions To put blood in your veins. Surgery Medicines End of life care if you might die soon your health care agent can: call in a spiritual leader decide if you die at home or in the hospital Show your health care agent this form. Tell your agent what kind of medical care you want. 4 Go to the next page
5 Part 1: Choose your health care agent Your Health Care Agent I want this person to make my medical decisions. first name last name street address city state zip code ( ) ( ) home phone number work phone number If the first person cannot do it, then I want this person to make my medical decisions. first name last name street address city state zip code ( ) ( ) home phone number work phone number Put an X next to the sentence you agree with. My health care agent can make decisions for me now. My health care agent will make decisions for me only after I cannot make my own decisions. To make your own health care choices go to part 2 on the next page. To sign this form go to part 3 on page 9. 5
6 California Advance Health Care Directive PART 2 Make your own health care choices Write down your choices so those who care for you will not have to guess. Think about what makes your life worth living. Put an X next to all the sentences you most agree with. My life is only worth living if I can: talk to family or friends wake up from a coma feed, bathe, or take care of myself be free from pain live without being hooked up to machines I am not sure My life is always worth living no matter how sick I am If I am dying, it is important for me to be: at home in the hospital I am not sure Is religion or spirituality important to you? yes no What should your doctors know about your religion or spirituality? If you are sick, your doctors and nurses will always try to keep you comfortable and free from pain. 6 Go to the next page
7 Part 2: Make your own health care choices Life support treatments are used to try to keep you alive. These can be CPR, a breathing machine, feeding tubes, dialysis, blood transfusions, or medicine. Put an X next to the sentences you most agree with. Please read this whole page before you make your choices. If I am so sick that I may die soon: Try all life support treatments that my doctors think might help. If the treatments do not work and there is little hope of getting better, I want to stay on life support machines. Try all life support treatments that my doctors think might help. If the treatments do not work and there is little hope of getting better, I do not want to stay on life support machines. Try all life support treatments that my doctors think might help but not these treatments. Mark what you do not want. CPR feeding tube dialysis blood transfusion breathing machine medicine other treatments I do not want any life support treatments. I want my health care agent to decide for me. I am not sure. Go to the next page 7
8 Part 2: Make your own health care choices Your doctors may ask about organ donation and autopsy after you die. Please tell us your wishes. Put an X next to the sentences you most agree with Donating (giving) your organs can help save lives. I want to donate my organs. Which organs do you want to donate? any organs only I do not want to donate my organs. I want my health care agent to decide. I am not sure. An autopsy can be done after death to find out why someone died. It is done by surgery. It can take a few days. I want an autopsy. I do not want an autopsy. I may want an autopsy if there are questions about my death. I want my health care agent to decide. I am not sure. What should your doctors know about how you want your body to be treated after you die? 8 Go to Part 3 on the next page to sign this form
9 PART 3 Sign the form Before this form can be used, you must: sign this form have two witnesses sign the form If you do not have witnesses, you need a notary public. A notary public s job is to make sure it is you signing the form. Sign your name and write the date. sign your name / / date print your first name print your last name address city state zip code Your witnesses must: be over 18 years of age know you see you sign this form Your witnesses cannot: be your health care agent be your health care provider work for your health care provider work at the place that you live (if you live in a nursing home go to page 12) Also, one witness cannot: be related to you in any way benefit financially (get any money or property) after you die Witnesses need to sign their names on the next page. If you do not have witnesses, take this form to a notary public and have them sign on page 11. 9
10 Part 3: Sign the form Witness #1 Have your witnesses sign their names and write the date By signing, I promise that, signed this form while I watched. They were thinking clearly and were not forced to sign it. I also promise that: I know them or they could prove who they are I am 18 years or older I am not their health care agent I am not their health care provider I do not work for their health care provider I do not work where they live One witness must also promise that: I am not related to them by blood, marriage, or adoption I will not benefit financially (get any money or property) after they die sign your name / / date print your first name print your last name address city state zip code Witness #2 sign your name / / date print your first name print your last name address city state zip code You are now done with this form. 10 Share this form with your doctors, nurses, social workers, friends, and your family. Talk with them about your choices.
11 NOTARY PUBLIC Part 3: Sign the form Take this form to a notary public ONLY if two witnesses have not signed this form. Bring photo I.D. (driver s license, passport, etc.) You are now done with this form. Share this form with your doctors, nurses, social workers, friends, and your family. Talk with them about your choices. 11
12 California Advance Health Care Directive For California Nursing Home Residents ONLY Give this form to your nursing home director only if you live in a nursing home. California law requires nursing home residents to have the nursing home ombudsman as a witness of advance directives. STATEMENT OF THE PATIENT ADVOCATE OR OMBUDSMAN I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of California that I am a patient advocate or ombudsman as designated by the State Department of Aging and that I am serving as a witness as required by Section 4675 of the Probate Code. sign your name / / date print your first name print your last name address city state zip code 12 This advance directive is in compliance with the California Probate Code, Section This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. To view a copy of this license, visit or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California 94305, USA. Designed by Rebecca Sudore, MD & Mahat Papartassee for the San Francisco Department of Public Health
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