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Advance Planning in Florida Advanced directives and other information for Floridians who want to plan for the future.
By: Bay Area Legal Services, Inc. - Tampa
Common questions about mental health
(Separate Website)
By: National Mental Health Association
Compare Medicare health plans
(Separate Website)
This tool will give you with a list of health plans near you who take Medicare. There are also descriptions of the benefits you get and other information to help you choose the plan that is best for you.
By: Medicare
Consumer’s Tool Kit for Health Care Advance Planning
(Separate Website)
INTRODUCTION
If you are looking at this tool kit, you are either thinking of making a health care advance directive (such as a living will or durable power of attorney for health care), or you may have already signed one. In either case, you should be aware that just having a written advance directive by itself does not ensure that your wishes will be understood and respected. Studies have shown that standard advance directive forms do little to influence end-of-life decisions without: 1) informed, thoughtful reflection about your wishes and values, and 2) personal communication between you and your likely decision-makers before a crisis occurs.
WHY A TOOL KIT?
Good advance planning for health care decisions is, in reality, a continuing conversation - about values, priorities, the meaning of one's life, and quality of life. To help you in this process, this tool kit contains a variety of self-help worksheets, suggestions, and resources. There are 10 tools in all, each clearly labeled and user-friendly. The tool kit does not create a formal advance directive for you. Instead, it helps you do the much harder job of discovering, clarifying, and communicating what is important to you in the face of serious illness.
By: ABA
Decoding your hospital bills
(Separate Website)
Tips for finding and fixing costly errors.
By: Consumers Unions
Do you have a Will?
(Separate Website)
General information pamphlet.
By: The Florida Bar
Figuring out which health care plan meets your needs
(Separate Website)
Quality information about health plans can be overwhelming. This fact sheet helps you pick out the information that will be helpful to you. You will learn how to pick the health plan that best meets your needs.
By: National Health Law Program
Florida Department of Elder Affairs
(Separate Website)
Florida Powers of Attorney
(Separate Website)
General information pamphlet.
By: The Florida Bar
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Advanced Directives PDF - Advanced Directives Flyer.
By: Gulfcoast Legal Services, Inc. - St. Petersburg Office
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