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Advance directives are legal documents that extend a person's control over health care decisions in the event that the person becomes incapacitated. They are called advance directives because they communicate preferences before incapacitation occurs.

The two most common advance directives for health care are the living will and the durable power of attorney for health care. Living will: A living will is a legal document that tells doctors how you want to be treated if you cannot make your own decisions about emergency treatment.

- An advance directive is a written document that provides directions for the provision of care when a client is unable to make his or her own treatment choices; the two basic types of advance directives are the instructional living will and the durable power of attorney for health care.

Illinois has these advance directives: (1) health care power of attorney, (2) living will, and (3) mental health treatment preference declaration. If you make an advance directive, tell your doctor and other health care providers and provide them with a copy.

The most common types of advance directives are the living will and the durable power of attorney for health care (sometimes known as the medical power of attorney). There are many advance directive formats.

Living will. A living will is a written, legal document that spells out medical treatments you would and would not want to be used to keep you alive, as well as your preferences for other medical decisions, such as pain management or organ donation. In determining your wishes, think about your values.