Below are additional resources to help guide you through the process of advance care planning. No matter what form you use, it is important to have discussions with your loved ones about your wishes. Talk about your values and the things that are important to you. Discuss the term “quality of life” and what that means to you.

Maryland Attorney General:

• Advance Directives Information
• Maryland Advance Directive document (Planning for Future Health Care Decisions)

Maryland MOLST: Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment

• MOLST Information
• MOLST form
• Video: MOLST – Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (Maryland Attorney General)

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) Resources:

• NHPCO CaringInfo Advance Directives
• NHPCO Digital Advance Directive Resources
• NHPCO – Planning for Important Healthcare Decisions (fill out online)
  “It’s About How You LIVE”

Other advance directives and advance care planning options:

• Caring Conversations from the Center for Practical Bioethics
• Aging With Dignity: The Five Wishes document
• NHPCO CaringInfo Advance Directives
• The Conversation Project
• Speak(easy) Howard website

Maryland Advance Directives translated

(via The Montgomery County Coalition on End-of-Life Care)

• Chinese
• French
• Korean
• Russian
• Spanish
• Vietnamese

Other advance care planning resources

Montgomery Hospice flyer: Advance Care Planning article

Our Center for Learning’s Webinar, Practical Conversation: The Importance of Advance Care Planning: