Advance directives are appropriate for all adults in all stages of life and health.
If you are reading this, you are either thinking of making a healthcare advance directive or you may have already signed one. In either case, you should be aware that having a written advance directive by itself does not ensure that your wishes will be understood and respected. Studies have shown that completion of standard advance directive forms alone do little to influence end-of-life care without: (1) informed, thoughtful reflection about your wishes and values, and (2) personal communication between you and your likely decision-makers before a crisis occurs.
CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW FOR LEGAL INDIANA ADVANCE DIRECTIVE FORMS.
CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW FOR INDIANA MEDICAL ORDER FORMS.
- Out-of-Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Declaration and Order (pdf)
- Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment (POST) (pdf)
WEBSITES WITH INDIANA-APPROVED ADVANCE DIRECTIVE TEMPLATES
- The Indiana Patient Preferences Coalition website
- Longer, mid-sized, and shortest sample forms, plus additional information - PREPARE for Your Care website
- A step-by-step program with video stories to help you:- Have a voice in your medical care
- Talk with your doctors
- Fill out an advance directive form and store it online in a free account.
- The Five Wishes website
- Legally valid in nearly every state
- Available online or on paper for a fee - A Catholic Guide to an Advance Directive
- Includes an Advance Directive Supplement.
Produced by the Indiana Catholic Conference (2023)
