Why Advance Directives Are Critical
The National Library of Medicine (NIH) Clinical Significance

Advance directives are used if the individual cannot give informed consent or refusal due to incapacity. Capacity can fluctuate with time, disease severity, and each individual decision. A patient is found to have the capacity for informed consent if they are capable of the following four basic capacities.

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    Understanding

    Can the patient understand the information presented to them?

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    Appreciation

    Can the patient appreciate how this information relates to their circumstances?

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    Reasoning

    Can the patient compare options and infer the associated consequences of a choice as it relates to their values?

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    Expressing a Choice

    Can the patient communicate their preferences and decisions?

Statistics

My Care Voice presents the statistics below only as a reference for understanding how life is full of what ifs. Please be proactive and complete your advance directives today.

  • More than 24 million people have a form of heart disease – CDC Report
  • Someone in the United States has a stroke every 40 seconds. Stroke is a leading cause of serious long-term disability – CDC Report
  • More than 2 million nonfatal injuries were related to Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) – CDC Report
  • Unintentional and violence-related injuries caused nearly 27 million nonfatal emergency department visits in 2019. – CDC Report
  • 60% of all Americans (133M) suffer from at least one chronic disease (40% have at least 2), which affects working adults of all ages – CDC Report
  • More than 150 million adults in the US do NOT have any form of an advance directive

Be proactive and complete your My Care Voice advance directives today.

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