Reply #10: DNR is a component of a living will. [View All]

[Lars39]

You need to make sure there are copies at home for each ambulance trip, a copy in your chart at *every* doctor's office you use. If you have an attorney-in-fact for medical issues, the POA will have to be turned in for each hospital stay, too.
You need to discuss your living will and what you want done with all your doctors, stressing that whoever you have chosen as having POA for medical decisions has the final say if you are incapacitated.

A good living will will stress that you(the patient) should be consulted for decisions, because you could possibly change your mind once faced with certain possibilities.

Hard learned lessons from this past year. :(