Who will make decisions about your health care?

Who will make decisions about your health care if you become disabled or incompetent? Do you know WHAT you want that person to decide?

If you don’t know the answer to these and other questions, you should consider completing advance directives so your wishes are understood and will be carried out if you are unable to convey them.

Preparing legal documents may seem daunting, but the Decatur Area Center for Living Wills at Decatur Memorial Hospital can assist patients and their families with this task.

Because legal statutes may be difficult to understand, many put off or avoid preparing advance medical directives. But, it is when legal documents such as the living well or durable power of attorney are not in place that difficulties can arise.

The Decatur Area Center for Living Wills acts as a repository for medical advanced directives, making sure your wishes are readily accessible to any health care provider at a moment’s notice free of charge.

To learn more about Living Wills, Powers of Attorney for Health Care and the Decatur Area Center for Living Wills at DMH, call 217-876-4310.

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