She died 13 days later. An advance directive would have avoided the national controversy and the public suffering her loved ones endured, Kofstad said. People can have a heart attack or get into an ...

The ABA Commission on Law and Aging and partner organizations have developed an Advance Care Planning set of guiding principles and a practical checklist for lawyers aimed at improving the advance ...

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.

Advance directive forms are a way to write down your health care wishes before a medical crisis. These legal documents tell your loved ones and doctors what medical treatments you want and don’t want ...

School of Integrated Living partners with the Center for End of Life Transitions for summer courses on end-of-life documents and home funerals Black Mountain, NC (5/24/17) — This summer at Earthaven ...

If estate planning isn't a grim enough subject, adding an advance directive for dementia to your plan is doubly unpleasant. But an hour or so of your time now could ensure your loved ones know how you ...

The Department of Health and Human Services estimates that only about one-third of Americans have advance directives, legal documents that let doctors and loved ones know what medical steps they do - ...

When Terri Schiavo died in the national spotlight in 2005, after lingering in a vegetative state for 15 years, interest in living wills -- one form of advance medical directives that allow people to ...