I did check with our estate planning attorney and she said the difference between the living will and DNR form is;
the living will does provide for resusitation and then present to the family the situation and then make the decision what to do based on the information gained. Say for example during a heart attack the victim crashes. The living will allows them to try to bring the person back to life.
If a DNR was in place there would be no attempt to revive the individual.
And yes the DNR has to be on the yellow form. The most frequent use of DNR is when someone is truly at end of life as in hospice or similar situation.
I am sure there may be variations in individual living wills, but I thought I would pass along what I learned about it.
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