Health Care Decisions

All adults can benefit from thinking about what their healthcare choices would be if they became unable to speak for themselves. We encourage everyone to think about their options, discuss their wishes and concerns with family, friends and healthcare providers, and put this information in writing. Through our website, we can provide tools and resources to assist you with this important task. 

There are two types of advance directives: A Living Will and a Health Care Representative.

The links below represent a variety of resources to help you make, discuss and document future healthcare wishes and decisions. 

AARP: End-of-Life Planning

American Health Lawyers Association: Tool kit for Health Care Advance Planning; 10 Legal Myths about Advance Medical Directives.

American Hospital Association: Put It In Writing

Caring Connections:
Advance Care Planning; Financial Information; Planning Ahead Checklist; Free Brochures.

Aging With Dignity (Five Wishes)
Caring Connections offers free, state-specific advance directives for all 50 states and DC that meet the legal requirements for each state. Download individual copies for free or call 800.658.8898 to have a copy mailed to you.

Center for Practical Bioethics
Caring Conversations is a workbook to help individuals and families communicate with each other about their healthcare preferences and contains advance directive documents. These forms are valid in every state when notarized and signed by two witnesses. Call 800.344.3829 to order or download for free by clicking here.

Project Grace
Project Grace offers a free Advance Care Planning Document that is legally valid in states that do not require forms to be notarized. Download for free, or call 877-99GRACE to order a copy click here.

National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives
offers general and state-specific information on psychiatric advance directives. Organ Donation Choices: www.organdonor.gov or www.donatelife.net

Connecticut's Living Will Laws
Your Rights to Make Health Care Decisions.
This booklet contains general information about advance directives including frequently asked questions and answers and all of the Connecticut forms for making advance directives. If you prefer to just print the individual forms from the booklet, links to each form are set out below.
Living Will
Use this form if you wish to only make your wishes known when you are unable to do so, but not appoint anyone to act on your behalf.
Appointment of Health Care Representative

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