Caring Connections, a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization has prepared instructions and a free Advanced Directive for Delaware:

A Legal Handbook for Elder Delawareans created by the Committee on the Law and the Elderly, Delaware State Bar association.  It is available on the following website:

www.legalhandbookforelderdelawareans.com

TWO NEW RESOURCES  

1. This new California publication, Thinking Ahead: My Way, My Choice, My Life at the End is on the web, also in Spanish and a couple of other languages, is written for people with intellectual disabilities; (can be downloaded for free) at http://www.dds.ca.gov/ConsumerCorner/Publications.cfm\

2. People Planning Ahead: A Guide to Communicating Healthcare and End of Life Wishes (Through Person Centered Planning) is now available through AAIDD's bookstore is directed towards care coordinators, case managers, people working with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.:   https://bookstore.aaidd.org/index.aspx

   .  Press Release from AAIDD is a review of the above book:      http://tinyurl.com/76qb9l