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Advance Directive Summary Sheet

This Advance Directive Summary Sheet is designed to provide a summary of the resident's overall values pertaining to medical care in different clinical situations. The document is to be used as a guide the event the resident is unable to speak for themselves and as an informational tool but only in the context of discussion with family and the care team. This document is not an order and is thus, only a guide to aid persons making decisions on behalf of the resident.

Resident Name:
Date of Completion of Form:
Summary ___________________________________________________
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In the event of one of the following events this resident requests the following:

  1. Severe confusion
    • Yes     No     Doctor visit here at Manor Care
    • Yes     No     Hospitalization
    • Yes     No     CPR
    • Yes     No     Mechanical ventilation
    • Yes     No     Tube feeding
    • Yes     No     Palliative care
  2. Fall with injury
    • Yes     No     Doctor visit here at Manor Care
    • Yes     No     Hospitalization
    • Yes     No     CPR
    • Yes     No     Mechanical ventilation
    • Yes     No     Tube feeding
    • Yes     No     Palliative care
  3. Cough, fever, abnormal chest X-ray suggestive of Pneumonia
    • Yes     No     Doctor visit here at Manor Care
    • Yes     No     Hospitalization
    • Yes     No     CPR
    • Yes     No     Mechanical ventilation
    • Yes     No     Tube feeding
    • Yes     No     Palliative care
  4. Focal weakness, difficulty speaking suggesting a Stroke
    • Yes     No     Doctor visit here at Manor Care
    • Yes     No     Hospitalization
    • Yes     No     CPR
    • Yes     No     Mechanical ventilation
    • Yes     No     Tube feeding
    • Yes     No     Palliative care
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