This legal document lets you specify your health care preferences in advance and choose someone to act for you in case you're ever unable to communicate.

What is an Advance Health Care Directive? The Advance Health Care Directive (AHCD) is a legal document that provides your health care teams with guidance about what to do in the event you are not able to make health care decisions for yourself.

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What is an Advance Health Care Directive? An Advance Health Care Directive (AHCD) is a way of putting your Life Care Planning wishes into a legal document. All adults are encouraged to have an AHCD. How can I Learn More and Download an AHCD Form?

• Sign the paper or supplement the same day you sign the form. • Keep the paper with this form and copies of the paper with copies of your form. • Talk about your choices with those who care about you.

The Kaiser Permanente Advance Health Care Directive contains 5 parts to complete, including how to make it legally valid: Part 1: Choosing My Health Care Agent

This form may be used to: • Name someone you trust to make health care decisions for you (your health care agent), OR • Provide written instructions about your future health care, OR

Register for Your Life, Your Choices advance directives workshops.

Enroll online for our Life Care Planning Workshop – You’ll learn about the role of a health care decision-maker, how to complete an Advanced Health Care Directive, and more. You can download and print this form to fill out with a pen or save it to your computer and type into it.

These forms describe the kinds of medical care you want to receive if you're badly hurt or have a serious illness that keeps you from saying what you want. A medical power of attorney lets you name a person to be your health care agent. He or she can make decisions for you if you can't speak for yourself.