- Voicing My CHOICES: A Planning Guide for Adolescents & Young Adults
Voicing My Choices was developed by researchers at the Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health. This guide is designed to help young people living with a serious illness to communicate their end-of-life care preferences to friends, family and caregivers.
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To Learn More: Allowing Adolescents and Young Adults to Plan Their End-of-Life Care
- Child and Family Wishes Document (see Web Only Data)
Source: Fraser J, Harris N, Berringer AJ, Prescott H, & Finlay F. (2010). Advanced care planning in children with life-limiting conditions - the Wishes Document. Archives of disease in childhood, 95(2), 79-82.
- Five Wishes ® (Aging with Dignity)
Five Wishes® lets your family and doctors know:
- Who you want to make health care decisions for you when you can't make them.
- The kind of medical treatment you want or don't want.
- How comfortable you want to be.
- How you want people to treat you.
- What you want your loved ones to know.
Five Wishes® has become America’s most popular living will because it is written in everyday language and helps start and structure important conversations about care in times of serious illness.
Five Wishes® Online was introduced in 2011, allowing people to complete Five Wishes® on screen and print out a personalized document immediately. Five Wishes® meets the legal requirements in 42 states and is useful in all 50. It is now available in 26 languages.
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