At the Close of Day...

                                     A Person-Centered Guidebook on End-of-Life Care

Free Living Wills and Health Care Power of Attorney by State

These documents have been collected from various sources and accumulated here for your convenience.  This work is sponsored by the authors of At the Close of Day...A Person Centered Guidebook on End of Life Care as a public service. The forms are presented as downloadable PDF files. All you need to do is click on the link to open the document and then save it to your computer.  There is no cost for these downloads, but we do urge you to consider reading At the Close of Day and it using as your guidebook for understanding many of the complicated issues surrounding advanced directives and end-of-life care. The documents are an important first step, but we each need an end-of-life plan in order to receive the best end-of-life care; the authors of At the Close of Day have laid out the path for creating and understanding such a plan. We strongly encourage you to discuss this matter with your friends, family and your physician. Keep in mind that for some states, the living will and health care power of attorney are combined in one document. For these states you will see a single entry labeled "Advanced Directives" please also understand that we are a grassroots effort and that we are accumulating these documents as quickly as we can. If the document you seek is not available, please email us and we will prioritize it. Also, please note that for most states, there is another document which is important but frequently neglected. This document is often called an "Out of Hospital Do Not Recusitate Order". More information on this state specific document is available on this site. Please click on the appropriate link above. For your sake and the sake of those you care about, complete your documents as soon as possible. You are the best person to advocate for your wishes, and an incapacitating illness or injury can strike at any time. Do not leave such important personal decsions to guesswork by someone else. The the terms "Health Care Power of Attorney" and "Living Will" may be worded differently in different states, but those terms are used  gloabally for these links. The actual documents use the wording designated by their respective states. For those who cannot download the documents, we can provide paper copies by mail. Although the downloads are free, we must charge a nominal fee for the paper copies.  To order paper copies of state specific advance directives, please click here to proceed to our menu. Then scroll down till you see the appropriate product listing.

(Updated 9:00 pm March 22, 2005)

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