Proxy Directive, which names a person to make health care decisions - this is sometimes called a health care proxy or a health care power of attorney
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New Jersey Instruction Directive, which expresses your desires, instructions for treatment this is sometimes called a Living Will or Combined Directive, which names a proxy and gives instructions for treatment |
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Advance Directives in New Jersey
Resource: http://www.state.nj.us/health/ltc/documents/advance_directives_brochure.pdf
Provided as a public service by the New Jersey Office of the Ombudsman for the Institutionalized Elderly, William P. Isele, Ombudsman, and the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. Where Can I Get More Information About Advance Directives? Lawyers, Doctors, Hospitals and Clinics all have information about Advance Directives. You may also contact your County Medical Society, your County Bar Association, or your County Board of Social Services. Remember, though, YOUR Advance Directive should reflect YOUR wishes, values and desires. When Does an Advance Directive Become Operative?
Is Making an Advance Directive Complicated? Deciding what health care services you want may be complicated, but making an advance directive is not. All that is required is:
Advance Directives You dont need a lawyer to prepare an Advance Directive. The whole idea of an Advance Directive is to assure that your wishes will be honored. No one can honor your wishes unless they know what they are!What Is an Advance Directive? You have the right to decide what medical treatment you want, or do not want to receive. What happens to that right if you become physically or mentally unable to communicate your wishes and values? You can decide in advance what treatment you would want, and put that decision in writing, or you may name someone else, who understands and shares your values, to exercise that right for you. This is called an Advance Directive.Under New Jersey Law, there are three kinds of Advance Directives:
Who Should Prepare an Advance Directive? Anyone who is over the age of 18 and understands what he or she is doing can prepare an advance preparing an advance directive. You may want to consider:- You want your doctor or other health care provider to know the kind of medical care you want or dont want, in the event that you become unable to speak for yourself; - You want to relieve your family of the responsibility for making decisions about your medical care. Advance Directives are not only for the elderly or people with chronic illnesses. In fact, young, healthy people may suffer injuries in accidents that can make them temporarily or permanently unable to speak for themselves. Federal Law requires hospitals to ask all patients, upon admission, whether they have Advance Directives. But now, when you are healthy, relaxed, and thinking clearly is really the best time to think about Advance Directives. "Advance Directives in New Jersey"
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