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Common Legal Arrangements - Advanced Directives

In most cases, advance directives must be prepared when a person is still capable of understanding his or her medical needs and the consequences of his or her health care wishes and decisions. A person can complete:

• A Medical Advance Directive to record wishes for medical care, and/or

• A Mental Health Advance Directive to document choices about future mental health treatment.

Advance directives are a type of advance planning document and the most common types are Living Wills and Power of Attorney for health care or finances.

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