What is it?

 

• Wake recommends, and the State of Louisiana recognizes, three documents as part of a complete advance care plan for healthcare. Those documents are:

• ​Durable Power of Attorney: Grants decision-making authority for your healthcare to the person of your choice if/when you cannot communicate and/or decide for yourself.

• Living Will: Documents your wishes regarding life-prolonging medical interventions if you are not expected to recover.

• ​Funeral and Disposition of Remains Directive: Grants decision-making authority after your death to the person of your choice to donate your organs, make funeral arrangements, etc., in accordance with your wishes.​

 

Wake's Comprehensive Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care form combines all three documents into one, saving you time and notary fees.​

 

What is in this packet?

 

• ​A comprehensive, Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care document that includes the functions of a Living Will and a Funeral and Disposition of Remains Directive.

• Instructions for filling out the form

• Resources Wake recommends for thinking through the decisions involved in filling out this document.

• A list of information to gather, keep updated, and put someplace safe for your loved ones after you die

• Wallet cards you can fill out and keep with you, in your car, in your When I Die folder, etc.