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The last thing most of us ever want to think about is our own death. But the fact is it comes to us
all, and sometimes sooner than expected.
Everyone dies with a to-do list, but if making your end of life plans is on that list, it can cause
chaos for your loved ones. However, this chaos can be avoided easily if you face facts and deal
with your end of life considerations now, in a practical way, rather than then in an emotional and
crisis-driven way.
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relation to your health care, memorial arrangements and what is to be done with your body. The
other major considerations are to do with family finances. Who will be in charge of your estate -
that is, what you leave behind of value? How will your family be looked after once you are
gone? How can your estate be protected from excessive taxation?
Let’s start with planning ahead in terms of making your wishes known.
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FIVE
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M Y W I S H F O R :
The Person I Want to Make Care Decisions for Me When I Can’t
The Kind of Medical Treatment I Want or Don’t Want
How Comfortable I Want to Be
How I Want People to Treat Me
What I Want My Loved Ones to Know
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T here are many things in life that are out of our hands. This Five Wishes document gives you a way to control something very
important—how you are treated if you get seriously ill. It is an easy-to-
complete form that lets you say exactly what you want. Once it is filled out
and properly signed it is valid under the laws of most states.
Five Wishes
Five Wishes is the first living will that talks
about your personal, emotional and spiritual
needs as well as your medical wishes. It lets
you choose the person you want to make
health care decisions for you if you are not
able to make them for yourself. Five Wishes
lets you say exactly how you wish to be
treated if you get seriously ill. It was
written with the help of The American Bar
Association’s Commission on Law and Aging,
and the nation’s leading experts in end-of-life
care. It’s also easy to use. All you have to do is
check a box, circle a direction, or write a few
sentences.
What Is Five Wishes?
• It lets you talk with your family,
friends and doctor about how you
want to be treated if you become
seriously ill.
• Your family members will not have to
guess what you want. It protects them
if you become seriously ill, because
they won’t have to make hard choices
without knowing your wishes.
• You can know what your mom, dad,
spouse, or friend wants. You can be
there for them when they need you
most. You will understand what they
really want.
How Five Wishes Can Help You And Your Family
How Five Wishes Began
For 12 years, Jim Towey worked closely with
Mother Teresa, and, for one year, he lived in a
hospice she ran in Washington, DC. Inspired by
this first-hand experience, Mr. Towey sought a
way for patients and their families to plan ahead
and to cope with serious illness. The result is
Five Wishes and the response to it has been
overwhelming. It has been featured on CNN
and NBC’s Today Show and in the pages of
Time and Money magazines. Newspapers have
called Five Wishes the first “living will with a
heart and soul.” Today, Five Wishes is available
in 23 languages
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If you live in the District of Columbia or one of the 42 states listed below, you can use
Five Wishes and have the peace of mind to know that it substantially meets your state’s
requirements under the law:
You may already have a living will or a durable power of attorney for health care. If you
want to use Five Wishes instead, all you need to do is fill out and sign a new Five Wishes
as directed. As soon as you sign it, it takes away any advance directive you had before. To
make sure the right form is used, please do the following:
Five Wishes is for any.
KLS reviews 2017 on a statewide level. KLS illustrates the impact that legal services has on the residents of the State of Kansas. Legal Services Corporation should be proud of the work KLS does to increase access to justice.
1. Kansas Legal Services Kansas Legal Services is a statewide legal services organization that seeks to help the impoverished with legal problems. KLS makes a difference by providing quality legal representation. Areas of practice include Domestic & Family Law, Landlord Tenant, Consumer Protection, Elder Law, Juvenile Law, Education Law, Disability, etc. Our focus is on the most vulnerable; the abused, the neglected, the elderly, the disabled & children. If you, or someone you know needs help, please call 800-723-6953 United Way Helps Here!
2. Elder Law Hotline The Elder Law Hotline is a phone number that anyone over the age of sixty (60) can call to get FREE legal advice on any number legal issues. If it is possible for us to help you over the phone we will do so, however, if you prefer to meet with an attorney in your area you can, just make the request. We also provide free legal services for the elderly for items such as powers of attorney, transfer on death deeds, simple wills, & living wills. We can sometime represent the elderly in divorces, PFA’s, collection and landlord tenant cases. 888-353-5337
3. Understanding Your Healhtcare Options The Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions The Living Will Declaration Do Not Resuscitate Directives/Orders
4. Power of Attorney for Healthcare Decisions A Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions is sometimes called the Healthcare Power of Attorney. It is a signed and witnessed (or notarized) legal document that allows a person to designate an agent to make health care decisions for them during a period of disability or incapacity. The person who holds the power of attorney is called the healthcare agent. Sometimes it is made to be durable.
5. Definitions Health Care Agent – The individual someone designates to make healthcare decisions when the individual cannot make or communicate those decisions. Health Care Decisions – We can define this as a group, but in the context of the types of decisions that can be made by the Health Care Agent. Durable – Next slide.
6. Durable Capable of withstanding wear and tear or decay, a durable fabric.Able to perform or compete over a long period, as by avoiding or overcoming injuries. Lasting; stable. In the context of healthcare durable means that the person you designate as your healthcare agent can still be your agent after you are out of it.
7. Compare & Contrast What is the difference between these two patients? What decisions can the patient on the right make that the one of the left cannot make? What simple decisions can the patient on the left be faced with? (be practical).
8. Important Facts about the POA for Healthcare The decisions made by the healthcare agent have the same force and effect as if they were made by the patient. The agent may not use the Power of Attorney to revoke or invalidate a previously existing Living Will Declaration. It is the duty of the attending physician to determine in accordance with the law, when the patient no longer has the capacity to make decisions for themselves (unless the Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions states otherwise). If the patient decides to revoke or change a Healthcare Power of Attorney the patient should do it in writing, and have the revocation witnessed or notarized.
9. A Living Will A Living Will declaration is a signed and notarized (or witnessed) document that allows a terminally ill patient to state in advance that their dying should not be artificially prolonged. K.S.A. 65-28,101 et seq. This decision may be made only by the patient. A living will cannot be made by a healthcare agent.
10. Avoiding Schiavo Please remember that The Living Will is a declaration. It only describes your wishes. It does not serve the same purpose as a Do-Not-Resuscitate Order. In an emergency, resuscitation will be provided, regardless of a Living Will, unless a DNR Order has also been written and shared. It is the declarant’s responsibility to notify the attending physician of the existence of the declaration. The physician should make a copy of the declaration part of the patient’s medical records.
11. Living Will vs POA The purpose of the living will is to notify your doctor that in the event your health is in such a condition where death will occur whether or not life sustaining procedures are utilized, and where application of life sustaining procedures will only serve to artificially prolong the dying process. Sometimes called “Pulling the plug.”
12. Do Not ResuscitateDirective/Order In a nutshell, a DNR Directive is a signed, dated and witnessed document that allows an adult to state in advance his/her decision that if his/her heart stops beating, or he/she stops breathing, that no medical procedure will be undertaken to restart the heart or breathing processes. The person executing a DNR directive must be a person who is an adult and competent when the document is signed. The document must also be signed by the attending physician as "medically appropriate" unless the person's church or religion recognizes treatment by spiritual means only. A DNR Directive is not effective unless it is signed by a physician. Patient’s give DIRECTIVES, Doctor’s give ORDERS!
17. If a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) is written, nothing will be done! NO chest compressions NO intubation NO defibrillation NO emergency drugs will be administered NO manual ventilation with a resuscitation bag will be performed In other words if you have a DNR Order, nothing will be done!
18. Kansas Legal Services Kansas Legal Services is a statewide legal services organization that seeks to help the impoverished with legal problems. KLS makes a difference by providing quality legal representation. Areas of practice include Domestic & Family Law, Landlord Tenant, Consumer Protection, Elder Law, Juvenile Law, Education Law, Disability, etc. Our focus is on the most vunerable; the abused, the neglected, the elderly, the disabled & children. If you, or someone you know needs help, please call 800-723-6953 United Way Helps Here!