Planning Ahead

It is always a good idea to plan ahead. That goes for planning ahead for your health needs, too.

Advance Directive

An advance directive is a written record about your future care and treatment. This includes mental health care. It helps your family and providers know your wishes about your care. Some people may not want to spend months or years on life support. Others may want all steps taken to live longer.

Guardianship

A guardian is someone chosen by a court to be legally in charge for another person.

Are You Ready for a Disaster?

Make sure you are ready for public health threats. These include natural disasters, disease outbreaks, accidents with unsafe substances and terrorist attacks. Public health threats can lower air quality, cause shortages of safe water and food, and cut off electricity, gas and phone services. These events are hard to predict and out of your control. But you can take steps to help keep yourself and your family safe.

Update your address and phone number with us often so we can reach you in case of an emergency. You can do this through CareSource MyLife.