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Deciding for someone who cannot decide, and saying now what you
Deciding for someone who cannot decide, and saying now what you: want later. One page per instrument per country: the advance care directive where it exists…
This launch guide maps the topic, the source base and the practical questions. Check the linked official authority before acting on a rule, deadline, price or safety requirement.
What this guide covers
want later. One page per instrument per country: the advance care directive where it exists — Finland has an official free form with legal weight, and the page must say plainly that Estonia has no statutory equivalent — a health-care power of attorney, who decides for an unconscious adult and in what order, guardianship through the court with its application, medical assessment, cost and limits, a child's own capacity to consent, and giving a relative access to your records and prescriptions.
One focus is "The Finnish advance care directive: the official form, what it binds, and where to store it".
How to use it
Use Deciding for someone who cannot decide, and saying now what you as a map of the process: identify the situation, check which country or authority owns the rule, and confirm the current version before a deadline or application.
The page keeps the main question, its evidence base and its limits together in one canonical place. That makes it useful as a quick orientation and avoids splitting a broad subject into shallow pages before each narrower answer has enough verified material of its own.
Search vocabulary in four languages
Terminology changes across borders. These are example phrases people use for the same subject in Estonian, Finnish, Russian and English; they are included as a practical vocabulary aid, not as hidden keywords.
| Language | Example phrase |
|---|---|
| Estonian | eestkoste seadmine kohtu kaudu |
| Finnish | hoitotahto lomake tulostettava |
| Russian | опека над недееспособным Эстония |
| English | advance directive Finland legal status |
Evidence and provenance
The evidence map below records the primary, official or openly licensed material chosen for this guide. It is deliberately visible so a reader can tell the difference between a rule published by an authority, a measured dataset and an editorial explanation.
Source: Finlex (Laki potilaan asemasta ja oikeuksista) with the ministry and Valvira guidance; Riigi Teataja (Perekonnaseadus, Võlaõigusseadus); the published court and notary fee schedules; the Latvian and Lithuanian civil codes. · checked 2026-09-09
Source names are preserved even where an authority changes its web address. No figure is added to this launch page unless it is already present in the cited source description or can be computed from a named dataset.
Scope and boundaries
/ehealth shows how to grant portal access; this is the legal instrument that decides who may act at all.
Connected TempoLife guides
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Ehealth
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Eldercare
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Why it belongs on TempoLife
/ehealth and /eldercare.
Frequently asked questions
What does this guide cover?
want later. One page per instrument per country: the advance care directive where it exists — Finland has an official free form with legal weight, and the page must say plainly that Estonia has no statutory equivalent — a health-care power of attorney, who decides for an unconscious adult and in what order, guardianship through the court with its application, medical assessment, cost and limits, a child's own capacity to consent, and giving a relative access to your records and prescriptions. One focus is "The…
What evidence does it use?
Finlex (Laki potilaan asemasta ja oikeuksista) with the ministry and Valvira guidance; Riigi Teataja (Perekonnaseadus, Võlaõigusseadus); the published court and notary fee schedules; the Latvian and Lithuanian civil codes.
Where does this guide stop?
/ehealth shows how to grant portal access; this is the legal instrument that decides who may act at all.
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