Resource Link

https://prepareforyourcare.org/en/prepare/welcome

Resource Description

Introduction: PREPARE for Your Care is a website that helps people plan for future medical care. It helps people with disabilities plan their own care. It also helps people who want to help others plan for medical care.

Resource Summary

Content Summary: The website has tools that help people write down their wishes for medical care. These tools are called advance directives. You can get advance directives for any state. They come in English and Spanish. In California, you can get them in eleven languages. Anyone can use the website. You can make an account if you want to save your work. You can also use it as a guest without making an account. PREPARE teaches five main steps for planning medical care. First, you pick someone to help make medical choices. Then you think about what matters most to you in life. Next, you decide how much freedom your helper should have. After that, you tell others what you want. Last, you learn what to ask doctors. The website has a long movie that shows real stories about medical planning. The stories show different kinds of people making medical choices. Some people in the stories are healthy. Others are sick. The stories come from people with different backgrounds. PREPARE has many parts on its website. It shows how to use a computer and how to use the website. It gives step-by-step help for each part of planning. You can write down what you want and fill out legal forms. The website also has tools for doctors and other helpers. These include papers to give to patients and guides for talking about medical care. People who want to teach others can learn how to show the PREPARE movie to groups. The PREPARE team worked with many different kinds of people to make their website. They worked with patients, caregivers, and community members. They want to make sure everyone gets good medical care. They try to fix unfair treatment in health care. All these tools help people think ahead about medical care. They make it easier to share your wishes with others. They also help make sure everyone gets good care, no matter who they are.