Advance Health Care 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 Advance Health Care 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 .
Advance Health Care Directive 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 Advance Health Care 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 Advance 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 Advance Health Care Directives . If you have this information , we would appreciate you sharing it with us .