Health & Fitness
Healthcare Decisions Week: Make Your Wishes Known
It's important to complete your Advance Health Care Directive to make your wishes known. The form from Mills-Peninsula.
It’s Healthcare Decisions Week (Oct. 28 to Nov. 3), a commemorative event designed to motivate people to complete their Advance Health Care Directive.
If an injury or sickness leaves you unable to communicate your treatment preferences, an Advance Health Care Directive (AHCD) can ensure your wishes are followed and save your family unnecessary grief.
On an AHCD you can indicate whether or not you want life-sustaining treatment and your preferences for other treatments, such as pain relief. The form also allows you to choose a person to make health care decisions for you, if you are unable. Any person older than 18 years can fill out an AHCD form.
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Read more about the importance of completing your AHCD on the Mills-Peninsula health blog. You can also download an AHCD form from Mills-Peninsula’s website. You’ll also find resources for advance health care planning on the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California website.
