The latest issue of Neurology Now magazine has a good article on advance directives. If you are reading this email, you should have advance directives for yourself and any adult you may be caring for!
We are lucky in California that our state accepts the POLST form. This is the form that anyone with a neurodegenerative disorder should have filled out. You can find info on the POLST form here:
POLST:
polst.org
POLST form for CA:
[Editor’s note: the CA POLST form can be found at capolst.org]
If you live in California and don’t have a neurodegenerative disorder, you should consider completing this form:
Info on the California Medical Association (CMA) Advance Health Care Directive Kit:
www.cmanet.org/publicdoc.cfm?d
Another resource I like a lot, which is not mentioned in this article below, is:
Five Wishes from Aging with Dignity: (cost is $5)
www.fivewishes.org/
Many people (including myself) have completed the “Five Wishes” document, have added it to our living will, and have given it to our healthcare power of attorneys.
Here’s a link to the “Neurology Now” (neurologynow.com) article on advance directives:
neurologynow.com/pt/re/neurono
Get It in Writing!
Advance directives give you control over your health care.
by Lisa Phillips
Neurology Now, Volume 5(5), September/October 2009, p 35-36