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An advance directive gives patients a way to make their wishes known so that<\/span> they are sure to receive the kind of care they desire. In addition, completing advance directives help you feel reassured that your choices can be honored immediately, without losing valuable time, and those difficult decisions will be easier for your loved ones to make.<\/span><\/p>\n Advance directives consist of four types. Each enables you to convey your end-of-life wishes if you are unable to communicate.\u00a0 They include:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The best time to write advance directives and make your wishes known is while you are healthy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We are here to help you through the process of making your wishes known.<\/span><\/p>\n You can find valuable information both in the Brochures & White Papers<\/a> (live link) section of our website and on a website we created called Assuring Your Wishes.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/assuringyourwishes.org\/” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”assuring your wishes” button_alignment=”left” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”92140193-dd33-400d-9af8-2bd934e74221″ custom_margin=”15px||15px||false|false” custom_padding=”|20px||20px|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Assuringyourwishes.org is a free, secure, website that not only provides valuable information about making your end-of-life wishes known, but it also enables your documents to be safely stored and accessed by health professionals when they are needed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Contact United Hospice at 845.634.4974<\/a> or info@unitedhospiceinc.org<\/a> if you would like further information or help on advance directives.<\/i><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" United Hospice respects the rights of patients to make choices about their health care.An advance directive gives patients a way to make their wishes known so that they are sure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":936,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-938","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n