Healthcare & Mental Health Services: Laws relating to medical services and providers.
Advance Healthcare Directives - Legal document that states written wishes for medical care and/or names a specific person to carry out those wishes.
- Advance Health Care Planning Resources | Palliative Care Center of Excellence | Stanford ( Medicinehttps://med.stanford.edu/palliative-care/patientsandfamilies/ACP.html)
- California Courts: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/Advanced-HealthCare-Directive-Form_031620.pdf
- Coalition for Compassionate Care of California: https://coalitionccc.org/CCCC/Resources/Advance-Care-Planning-Tools-and-Resources.aspx
- Sample Form, California Hospital Association (Spanish): https://www.calhospital.org/sites/main/files/file-attachments/form_3-1_-_spanish.pdf?1554912994
- Sample Form, Coalition for Compassionate Care of California (Chinese): https://coalitionccc.org/common/Uploaded%20files/PDFs/Advance-Directive-Chinese.pdf
- Advance Healthcare Directive Instructions, Kaiser Permanente (Spanish): https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/content/dam/kporg/mhc/life-care-plan/pdfs/advance-health-care-directive/NCAL-Spanish-Advance-Health-Care-Directive_ADA.pdf
- Advance Healthcare Directive Instructions, Kaiser Permanente Advanced Health Care Directives Materials also available in Chinese and Vietnamese: https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/northern-california/health-wellness/life-care-plan/advance-health-care-directive
- ON DEMAND: Wills & Trusts: Where You Begin (www.lalawlibrary.org/hidden-classes/1703-on-demand-wills-trusts-where-you-begin)
- ON DEMAND: Probate & Inheritance: Where You Begin (https://www.lalawlibrary.org/hidden-classes/1702-on-demand-probate-inheritance-where-you-begin)
- Advance Healthcare Directive Materials available in Armenian, Farsi, Khmer, Korean, Russian, and Tagalog): https://prepareforyourcare.org/advance-directive-library
COVID-19 Treatments
- COVID- 19 Vaccines https://www.vaccines.gov/
- COVID Treatments https://aspr.hhs.gov/COVID-19/treatments/Pages/default.aspx
- Receive Covid Tests https://www.covid.gov/tests
- California Department of Public Health https://myturn.ca.gov/
- County of Los Angeles Public Health-Vaccines http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/coronavirus/vaccine/index.htm
Mental Health Servies
- Advance Health Care Directive Directive Registry https://www.sos.ca.gov/registries/advance-health-care-directive-registry
- CalHope Connect, 24/7 hotline for non-emergency support specific to COVID-19 stressors: https://www.calhope.org/
- Coronavirus Anxiety Workbook: http://heritageclinic.org/wp-content/uploads/Coronavirus-Anxiety-Workbook.pdf
- Covered California https://www.coveredca.com/
- Department of Human Health Services https://www.hhs.gov/
- Didi Hirsh Mental Health Services, Suicide Crisis Line: https://didihirsch.org/services/suicide-prevention/crisis-services/
- Headspace: https://www.headspace.com/lacounty?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
- Welcome to the Health Insurance Marketplace® (www.healthcare.gov/)
- Karshcenter.org https://karshcenter.org/
- Health and Wellness - Karsh Center (karshcenter.org/about-us/programs/health-wellness/)
- Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, COVID-19 Mental Health Resources: https://dmh.lacounty.gov/covid-19-information/
- Mental Health https://www.mentalhealth.gov/
- National Coalition on Mental Health & Aging: http://www.ncmha.org/?page_id=81
- Resources for emotional support and well being https://covid19.ca.gov/resources-for-emotional-support-and-well-being/
Suicide Prevention
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Hotline Dial 988 or https://988lifeline.org/
- Suicide Prevention Resource Center https://www.sprc.org/
- National Institute for Mental Health- Suicide Prevention https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/suicide-prevention
- World Health Organization - Suicide Prevention https://www.who.int/health-topics/suicide#tab=tab_1
Substance Abuse
- Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration https://www.samhsa.gov/
