Common use of Advance Directives Clause in Contracts

Advance Directives. It is the policy of the FACILITY to ask all prospective residents if they have executed any “advance directives.” Advance directives can include a health care power of attorney, a living will, or other documents which describe the amount, level or type of health care the Resident would want to receive at a time when the Resident can no longer communicate those decisions to a doctor or other health professional. It also includes documents in which the Resident names another person who has the legal authority to make health care decisions for the Resident. If the Resident has executed any such documents, or if the Resident executes any such documents while living at the FACILITY, it is the Resident’s responsibility to advise the FACILITY’s staff of these documents, and to provide copies to the FACILITY. If the Resident has such documents, and has provided copies of them to the FACILITY, the FACILITY will provide copies of the documents to other health care professionals who may be called to assist the Resident with his/her health care needs. If the Resident executes such documents, and later changes or revokes them, it is the Resident’s responsibility to inform the FACILITY, so that the FACILITY can assist the Resident in communicating the Resident’s health care choices to other professionals.