A living will to express your wishes regarding end-of-life care, medical treatment, and the passing on of your values and desires. Click ICI to download the PDF
Life journal to express end-of-life wishes
This document allows for the collection of personal wishes regarding end-of-life care, family, spirituality, and funeral arrangements, in order to ensure support that is respectful and in line with the person's values.
Part I: Close Persons and Healthcare Professionals
This section lists significant persons and the primary physician, with their contact information, to ensure communication and consideration of wishes.
- Includes up to 3 children or stepfamily members, with the option to duplicate the record if more.
- Mention the other close people or friends to contact.
- Details of current and previous primary care physicians, including the start year of their care.
Volume II: Elements of Personal Experience
This section allows you to share life experiences, values, passions, and projects so that your loved ones can understand you better.
- Includes highlights, main roles, achievements, current values, hobbies, passions.
- Address the concept of dignity and what is important to the person.
- Allows indicating projects to be completed or closed before end of life.
Part III: Quality of Life and End-of-Life Design
This section invites reflection on the definition of quality of life, dignity, and the ideal place to spend one's final moments.
- Clarify the will regarding the acceptance of limitations to extend life.
- Ask the question of whether or not to accept serious limitations in order to continue living.
Part IV: Spiritual and Philosophical Affinities
This section concerns spiritual or philosophical accompaniment, with the option to choose a counselor according to religious denomination or secularism.
- Would you like to speak with a spiritual counselor?.
- Please specify the type of advisor desired (lay, Catholic, Muslim, etc.).
- Invitation to formulate specific wishes for spiritual accompaniment.
Part V: Post-Mortem Wishes
This section details wishes regarding the body, funeral, and scattering or preservation of ashes.
- Include desired rituals, burial or cremation, cemetery location.
- Allows to specify whether the person wishes to leave the choice to their loved ones or to take out funeral insurance.
- Provide information about the insurance company and the contract.
Section VI: Sharing Words and Messages with Loved Ones
This section offers the option to express messages or ideas to convey to loved ones after death.
- Allows a person to be designated to convey these words.
- Offers a keepsake for posterity or for the family, enclosed in an envelope if desired.