Advance Directive Documents

Legal Form: Power of Attorney for Health Care (POA-HC)

• Wisconsin Medical Society Advance Directive NEW!!!

• Fox Valley Common Document

• Spanish | Hmong | Hindu | Somali | Russian | Arabic | Large Print

• ThedaCare Power of Attorney for Health Care

• Ascension Wisconsin (Ascension St. Elizabeth Hospital, Ascension Mercy Hospital, Ascension Calumet Hospital)

• State of Wisconsin Power of Attorney for Health Care

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Other Advance Directives

• Legal Form: Living Will

  • Declaration to Health Care Professionals/Living Will (State of Wisconsin)

• Legal Form: Authorization for Final Disposition

  • Authorization for Final Disposition (State of Wisconsin)

• Legal Form: Power of Attorney for Finance and Property

  • Power of Attorney for Finance and Property (State of Wisconsin)

• Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Information (State of Wisconsin)

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Let's Talk Handouts

• Advance Care Planning

• Health Care Agent

• 25 Questions to Discuss with Your Health Care Agent

• Make It Legal

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Advance Care Planning through Crisis and Beyond:
A Toolkit for Senior Care Facilities, Residents and Families

This toolkit was designed in August 2020 amidst the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. The focus is beneficial skills and tools for senior care staff members, residents and their families to have productive conversations around personal wishes and goals of health care, especially if the resident is ill with COVID-19. 

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Additional Resources for Help with Advance Directives

• Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources (GWAAR) - Guardianship Support Center: https://gwaar.org/guardianship-resources

• Wisconsin Department of Health Services: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/guide/end-life-planning.htm

• State Bar of Wisconsin: https://www.wisbar.org/forpublic/ineedinformation/pages/health-care.aspx

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Organ Donation 

• Donate Life Wisconsin: http://donatelifewisconsin.org/ (Link opens in a new window.)

 

Body Donation 

• Medical College of Wisconsin Anatomical Gift Registry: https://www.mcw.edu/Anatomical-Gift-Registry.htm (Link opens in a new window.)

• University of Wisconsin Body Donation Program: body-donation (Link opens in a new window.)

 

Autopsy 

• Unless a death meets requirements indicated in WI Statute Chapter 979, an autopsy is generally NOT performed. If a family requests an autopsy, they will be responsible for paying for it. 

• CDC Public Health Law Program: 
  https://www.cdc.gov/phlp/publications/coroner/wisconsin.html (Link opens in a new window.)

• WI Statute re: Autopsy: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/979/01 (Link opens in a new window.)

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