Hospital & Health Care - Arvada, Colorado, United States
Advance Care Advocate provides Advance Care Planning and Personal Healthcare Agents for Coloradans who have no one to represent their medical choices should they become non-decisional in a healthcare emergency.Advance Care Advocate will :- Support adults in making personal choices for medical situations they may face in the future.- Document and disseminate the wishes to appropriate contacts, decreasing vulnerability to unwanted and unnecessary medical treatments.- Advocate for patients who are non-decisional at Colorado hospitals, increasing the probability of the patient's preferred outcome.A unique initiative, Advance Care Advocate will model a movement for planning and implementation of healthcare decisions made with input from the person who will live the outcome.