Address (Answer) ALL questions in part 2 in a minimum of 300, maximum 450 words
Advanced Directives
Your neighbor knocks on your door. Knowing that you are a student in a healthcare administration program, she asks you to explain advanced directives. She explains that she is assisting her elderly father, and she has many questions:
What is a living will? What is a POLST order? What is a health care durable power of attorney (also known as a health care proxy)? How are they created?
How are treatment decisions made for incapacitated patients who do not have health care proxies or living wills?
What options are available to resolve a disagreement between family members, family and a patient, or between family, the patient and caregivers?