Step 4:
Prepare your document
"Waiting, are they, waiting are they? Well, let'em
wait."
Ethan Allen (d.1789) upon being told
that the angels were waiting for him.
Quoted in Jones, Clarence,
The Complete Book of Death and Dying.
New York: Harper Collins. 1997
Congratulations! You are now ready to prepare your documents and on your way to
providing a good measure of peace of mind for yourself and your family.
The Living Will and Health Care Power of Attorney conforms to Arizona law. If you want
to use this form in another state, please make certain that it meets that state’s
requirements. If you complete this form in Arizona, it will be valid in most other states.
There are three ways of obtaining the advance directive form and instructions:
- Download and print the FORM file. Then load the INSTRUCTIONS file and read on-line.
- Copy (save) the FORM and INSTRUCTIONS files on your computer’s hard drive. Then you
can read/print while off-line
- Order the form and the instructions by mail
Once you have obtained your form and instructions by one of the three methods listed
above, you will be able to complete the advance care planning process. However, you also
may wish to check below to see if you need any of the special purpose forms available through this web
site.
Reading and printing the Living Will & Health Care Power of Attorney form and
instructions
Obtaining the form and instructions from this web site requires Acrobat Reader software
from Adobe Systems, Incorporated. Acrobat Reader software is available at no charge. Using
this software will enable you to view and print a properly formatted form from any
computer.
If you do not already have Acrobat Reader on your computer, you need first to download
Acrobat Reader from Adobe's Web Site and install it on your system. We provide a link to
that site.
Download Acrobat
Reader from Adobe Systems' World-Wide Web
There is a separate page of Acrobat download instructions available which you may wish
to go to now and print to guide you through that process You
can download the reader from that page or from the link below.
Acrobat download instructions
After Acrobat Reader has been installed on your computers hard drive, you are ready to
obtain the form and instructions.
The next step is to open or save to your hard drive the following three files of forms
and instructions. Use your browser back arrow to return to this page after opening each
document:
FORM This includes the Living Will and Health Care
Power of Attorney Form and materials for implementation
INSTRUCTIONS Explanations of each section of the
Living Will and Health Care Power of Attorney Form
Ordering forms by mail
Price List is a complete list of advance
directives materials. Print that page, mark what you want, and send the page and your
check, made payable to "Dorothy Garske Center," to:
Dorothy Garske Center
2140 East 5th Street
Suite 8
Temp, AZ 85281
Every adult should complete the Living Will and Health Care Power of
Attorney form. You may also want to complete attachments dealing with special situations
(pregnancy; poor current quality of life; or the wish to disqualify certain family members
from serving as your surrogate). Some will want to complete an orange Prehospital
Medical Care Directive to refuse cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CRP) under all
circumstances. Theses documents and instructions on their use are
available by mail and in Special Purpose Forms .
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