This is the first page of the Advance Healthcare Directive written for Hawaii Catholics by the Diocese of Honolulu. It states basic Catholic beliefs on death and dying to guide patients through their final days.
To get your copy of the Catholic Advance Healthcare Directive, go to one of the information sessions or go online to https://catholichawaii.org/diocesan-offices/diocesan-tribunal-canonical-affairs, or www.catholichawaii.org/hcc
THE CHECKLIST
How to complete your advance healthcare directive form
- Talk with spouse, partner, adult children, family, friends, spiritual advisors and health providers about your end of life choices
- Ask a person you trust to be your agent, and a second person in case your first choice is unavailable
- Fill out the advance directive form
- Have the directive notarized or signed by two witnesses
- Tell the people important in your life that you have an advanced directive
- Give copies of the directive to all the important people including estranged family members
- Place copies of the directive in the medical files
- Keep a copy in your home in an easy to find place (not a lock box)
- Indicate the existence of the directive on your driver’s license
- Review periodically especially if changes occur
