Living Wills Ocala, Florida

It is important that you work out your desired terms carefully and create a document that clearly states your desires with regard to:

• Resuscitation. This is the artificial restarting of the heart after it stops beating. The living will can determine the circumstances under which an individual wants to be resuscitated and with which method, an electric shock or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
• Dialysis. Dialysis works for the kidneys when they can no longer function. In a living will, you can stipulate how long you want to receive this treatment, if at all.
• Mechanical ventilation. This procedure can allow an individual to breathe after he or she no longer can without medical intervention. Like dialysis, the length of time an individual wants to receive mechanical intervention can be written into his or her living will.
• Tube feeding. When an individual cannot eat on his or her own, he or she can still receive nutrients through a tube that feeds them directly into the stomach.
• Palliative care. When an individual’s disease is terminal, he or she may seek palliative, or comfort, care. This care does not heal or slow the condition, but allows the patient to live more comfortably.
• Antibiotic and antiviral medication. An individual may determine whether he or she wants to receive infection-fighting drugs or simply allow illnesses to run their course.
• Body and tissue donation. An important part of a living will is the portion concerning what the individual wants done with his or her body after his or her death. He or she might wish to donate his or her body to medical science or donate his or her healthy tissue or organs to patients in need.