If a person becomes debilitated, incapacitated to make sane decisions and is unable to voice his or her opinions because of health conditions they need help. A legal document voicing the health care demands of the person can be drafted to put forth the wishes of a person with help of a judicial representative.
An advance health care directive is certainly not age related, though many people have the misconception that the senior age groups prefer to get it drafted. They feel that the advance health care directive that it is done by the adult age group who are incapable of voicing their opinions and thoughts. This directive that is normally drafted by a qualified advance directive attorney comes into effect when the person succumbs to poor health conditions and is unable to voice an opinion because of flailing health, incapacity or illness. Age has no bar here and an advance directive attorney has the capability of drawing up the valid papers for the signature.
The advance directive lawyer dealing with the advance directive helps a person by documenting medical related concerns and treatments that he or she desires in future during poor health conditions. Medical related decisions can be enforced only when, proper certification that the person is incapable of making proper valid medical decisions because of permanent unconsciousness or terminal diseases is submitted to the judicial authorities. The State regulations and laws have to be followed before the directive can be put forth by the advance directive lawyer.
The lawyer can make medical decision on behalf of the person as a surrogate decision maker or can appoint someone to play the role, only if the person getting the advance directive made is totally incapable of taking these decisions. All these conditions and wishes are documented beforehand.
Before the surrogate decision maker decides on a decision regarding the incapacitated person, the sick or debilitated person has to be assessed by one or more physician, Once it has been ascertained that he or she cannot take any personal decisions and the condition may be permanent or detrimental, the surrogate decision maker may ask for life sustaining treatments to be stopped, but this decision will be made by the authorized person only!
Decision making in this case is very challenging because there is always a chance that the person may recover enough to have the mental capability of making personal choices. This directive has purely been designed for the authorized person to take decisions on behalf of the unwell individual, because he or she is in an incompetent or non-communicative state. Generally a list of procedures is prepared beforehand and decisions of emergency care or treatments are chalked out and these can be decided on if a person is permanently in an unconscious state or dying. The medical decisions can be taken by a trusted member of the family or a close friend. Before the document is drafted all the care that is possible to cover each and every eventuality can be pre-decided on!
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