Butterfield Residential Care Center's Butterfield Express February 2016 | Page 3

Advanced Healthcare Directives
The Missouri state law requires that facilities like Butterfield Residential Care Center are required to annually provide information to each resident, as well as his or her family
member, regarding Advanced Healthcare Directives, residents’ rights to make treatment decisions, and state laws related to advance healthcare decision making. The
enclosed information provides reference to these topics. In no way does it imply
that decisions have been made or need to be made for your loved one.
Advanced Healthcare Directives is a term that describes three types of legal documents including Statutory Living Will, Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare
and Statutory Living Will. These documents provide instructions about future medical care in the event a person is unable to participate in his or her medical decisions due to serious illness or incapacity. An Advanced Healthcare Directive communicates and expresses an individual’s healthcare treatment wishes in the event
they are no longer able to communicate.
It is also important to mention that Advanced Health Care Directives do NOT
include a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) request. A DNR request is an order written by
a physician instructing health care providers not to attempt cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) when a person’s heart and breathing stops. If a Butterfield
resident’s heart and breathing stop, and he or she does not want CPR, he or she
must have a DNR request.
In order to provide excellent care to our residents, we would like to have the
most current information regarding our residents’ DNR wishes and Advanced
Healthcare Directives. If you have this information, we would appreciate you
sharing it with us.