Advance Care Planning
At Covenant Health, we support an individual’s right to choose the
care they want. Our Ethical Directives of Catholic Healthcare call on
us to respect the dignity of each person.
Talking with your family, friends and your physician about your wishes
for medical care at the end of your life is called advance care planning.
It's a way for you, your loved ones and your physician to discuss
the kinds of care you want and don't want at that time. You can also
specify the care you would want if you become unable to speak or make
decisions for yourself, due to a coma or other medical condition. When
you write down your wishes, this kind of plan is called an advance directive.
If you have an Advanced Care Directive, please bring it to your appointment.
If not please download the form below and complete it.
Advance Directive Tool Kit
Learn how to make decisions about the care you would want to receive if
you become unable to speak for yourself.
Download a copy of Providence St. Joseph Health Advance Directive tool kit to assist
you and your family in having the conversation, selecting a health care
decision maker and completing an Advance Directive.
Five Wishes
Five Wishes serves as an Advance Directive and is a legally-valid tool
available for your use. Five Wishes helps ensure your wishes, and those
of your loved ones, will be respected-even if you cannot speak for yourself.
https://www.agingwithdignity.org/texas
MOST
Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment (MOST) is a form that describes your
wishes about certain medical treatments in your current state of health.
MOST orders allow people with advanced illness to plan ahead for circumstances
when they may not be able to communicate their healthcare choices. Specially
trained healthcare professionals will talk with you about your care preferences
and your physician will complete and sign the MOST form. The MOST form
follows you along the continuum of care: from home, to the hospital to
long term care. The MOST form is for those with advanced illness. It is
also appropriate for the frail and elderly.
Click
here to download the Texas MOST form in English.