Health Care Directive
The Minnesota Health Care Directive
Everyone is at risk of not being able to make their own health care
decisions.
A health care directive is a planning tool used to identify who you want to make decisions for you if you aren’t able, and put your preferences and wishes regarding end-of-life health care in writing.
The Minnesota Health Care Directive:
To write your own health care directive, download and print A Planning Toolkit.
The Planning Toolkit includes user-friendly health care directive forms that meet Minnesota’s legal requirements. These forms help you put your health care instructions/wishes in writing. They are designed to be completed by “pen or pencil” or “by hand” versus electronically. The Toolkit provides:
- Step-by-step instructions for completing a health care directive
- Reasons for planning ahead
- Definitions of common terms
- Where to keep copies
- Myths and facts
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