All adult patients will be given information on living wills and advance directives. In Louisiana, living wills and other advance directives help patients to retain control when they become seriously ill or unable to communicate by recording their preferences for medical care in advance.

DeSoto Regional Health System does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, handicap, gender or age in admission or access to treatment or employment in its programs and activities. The Administrative Management Team has been designated to coordinate efforts to comply with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of handicap.