Does anyone have thoughts or opinions on the POLST form? My mother has Alzheimer's and is a memory care facility, I've been asked to fill out this form and have my mom's physician sign it. I am my mom's Advance Care Directive. I feel I'm being asked to write down her wishes when she can't do it herself, I'm a bit uncomfortable with that. She has DNR on her Advance Health Care Directive....my sister's opinion is that this is all the facility needs and she says she personally wouldn't fill out the POLST form, but it's up to me. I just wanted to see how others on this forum felt about filling this form out for a parent who is incapable of doing it themselves and doesn't understand what the form is for even if you were to explain it to him/her.
This is theoretical on my part ... I have not been asked to fill out such a document.