- Control over your health care:
By expressing your preferences, you maintain control over medical decisions that affect you, even if you cannot express them verbally.

- Lighten the burden for your loved ones:
Your loved ones will know how to act in a difficult medical situation, taking the guesswork out of it.

- Avoid family conflicts:
Your instructions help avoid family disagreements over caregiving.

- Facilitate communication with health professionals:
Doctors and caregivers can treat you better if your instructions are clear.

In short, writing your advance directives allows you to have a voice in your health care, provide relief to your loved ones and ensure that your wishes are respected.