All patients have the right to make advance directives or to execute powers of attorney that authorize others to make decisions on the patient’s behalf based on their expressed wishes when unable to make or communicate decisions. This Center respects and uphold those rights.
Documentation in a prominent part of the patient’s current medical record indicates whether or not the individual has executed an advance directive.
However, unlike an acute care hospital setting, most procedures performed in this facility are minimal risk. Of course, no surgery is without risk, and you will discuss procedure specifics (risks, recovery, after-care) with your physician. Therefore, it is our policy, regardless of the contents of any advance directive or instructions from a healthcare surrogate, attorney-in-fact, or holder of a healthcare provider, that if an adverse event occurs during your treatment at the Center, we will initiate resuscitative or other stabilizing measures and transfer you to an acute care hospital for further evaluation. At the acute care hospital, further treatment or withdrawal of treatment measures already begun will be ordered in accordance with your wishes, advance directive, or healthcare power of attorney.
For further clarification, please request to speak with the Center’s Clinical Director at the main ASC number, (407) 794-9717.
This program, aimed at improving care at the end of life, includes:
This information is available on the Caring Connections
website: https://www.caringinfo.org/?s=florida
Upon request, you, your representative, or your surrogate, can obtain a copy of your Florida’s Advance Directive form at the Center.
