The Advance Health Care Directive is a California document that allows you to choose someone you trust to make decisions about your health care, in the event you become unable to make those decisions for yourself.
An Advance Health Care Directive also allows you to state in advance what your decisions would be in certain situations, such as the use or removal of life support in the event of a terminal illness or injury.
The provisions of this document can give you security that your medical decisions will be honored, even if you are unable to speak up for yourself at the time.
Knowing your wishes ahead of time also gives your loved ones the confidence they need that the end-of-life decisions they may be making for you are the right decisions, based on what you have chosen to do.
