What are the Five Wishes Questions?
Planning for future healthcare decisions can make it easier for families and healthcare providers to understand what matters most to you. Five Wishes advance care planning is designed to help adults document their medical, personal, emotional, and spiritual preferences if they become unable to communicate their wishes.
What Are the Five Wishes?
The Five Wishes document addresses five important areas: who you want to make healthcare decisions for you, the medical treatment you want or do not want, how comfortable you want to be, how you want others to treat you, and what you want loved ones to know.
Why Is Advance Care Planning Important?
An advance directive can provide guidance when a person is unable to make or communicate healthcare decisions. Illinois recognizes several forms of advance directives, including a health care power of attorney and living will.
Five Wishes states that its document meets advance-directive requirements in Illinois when properly completed. Because individual circumstances can differ, questions about legal requirements should be discussed with an appropriate healthcare or legal professional.
How OCTIHEALTH Supports Patients and Families
At OCTIHEALTH, we understand that planning for future healthcare needs can be an important part of supporting older adults and their families. Clear conversations about care preferences can help patients, loved ones, and healthcare professionals better understand a person's goals.
OCTIHEALTH provides Skilled Nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Home Health Aides, and Medical Social Work for eligible patients receiving care at home.
📲 Call or text OCTIHEALTH at (847) 305-3070 to learn more about home health care services.
