In This Video You Will Learn: About Medical Planning

Medical Planning

Medical Planning helps people have a voice in their own health care.

Sometimes medical planning is also called Advance Care Planning

Medical Planning Allows People To:

Name a trusted medical decision maker in case of an emergency.

People can also name a back-up person(s) in case the first medical decision maker is not able to do it.

They can also ask these people to make decisions as a group.

Medical Planning Also Allows People To:

Tell their medical decision maker(s) and medical care team what is most important for their quality of life and their healthcare.

Medical Planning Also Allows People To:

Write down the name of their medical decision maker and medical wishes on an advance directive form.

To learn More about advance directives, go to the section called “Learn How to Use This Program” and “About Medical Planning” and see the video called “About Advanced Directive Forms”.

It Is Important To Plan Ahead.

Many people will need someone else to make medical decisions for them in the future due to:

an emergency or medical crisis

or, an illness, such as dementia or a stroke

If an emergency happens, you may be asked to help make decisions for your family member or friend.

Some Medical Decisions That May Need To Be Made.

You may be asked to make decisions about:

• Medical providers and places people get medical care, such as a nursing home or hospital

• Medications, tests, procedures, or surgery

Life support treatments such as:

• CPR

• A breathing machine

• Kidney dialysis

• A feeding tube

• Or, blood or water through an IV

And, what happens to someone’s body and organs after they die.

It Is Important To Plan Ahead.

To honor someone’s medical wishes, you need to know what is important to them and important for their quality of life.

Talking now can help prevent stress if you need to make medical decisions for someone in the future.

To learn how to help other people with their medical planning you can watch those videos on the PREPARE for THEIR care homepage.

In This Video You Learned:

About Medical Planning