I have never seen a health care directive which discusses a person deciding whether they feel they are a burden.
Health care directives can be made, but they are not usually directed in this fashion, in fact, I’ve never seen anything like this before and I presently have power of attorney and assisted with my father before he passed away. Please direct me to any directives that you are familiar with that is similar to this.
These forms are being used at the VA, not at hospice.
This is completely out of line to soldiers who have given so much for their country.
these are questions that help the families, nurses, and docs evaluate the vets. You may not like some of the questions but they are legit. This booklet is NOT a health care directive. It is a series of questions asked of the vet ( or the patient) to get a sense of what they want.
I will give you an example of a case I know of. Elderly man terminally ill, family has power of attorney. The man had made it clear he wanted no extraordinary measures just palliative care. The man developed an appendicitis. The family because they had never discussed such a situation had no clue as to what to do so they denied surgery to remove the infected organ and the man died one of the most agnozing deaths one can die ( appendix rupture followed by an onset of gangrene ——long painful and unnecessary).
Whether you realize it our not the VA has one of the best hospice programs in the world. They deal not just with “young” returning soldiers. Many of the patients in the VA system are WWII era vets and Korean War vets. Because the VA provides primary as well as specialty care for these are finest of course they would deal with these types of issues