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Who would make your health decisions if you couldn’t? With an advance care directive, you can choose. Read more in the MoneySense Glossary.
An advance care directive is a legal document that outlines a person’s preferences for medical treatment and personal care should they become unable to make decisions or give consent. The names and rules vary by province or territory. An advance care directive is also known as an “advance directive” or a “personal directive” and by other terms. In the United States, these directives are called “living wills.”
Example: “If you don’t have an advance care directive in Ontario and are unable to communicate your wishes, your partner or spouse will automatically be appointed substitute decision maker, ahead of your parents, children, siblings and other relatives.”
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