Legal documents that allow people to decide what medical care they wish to have if they are unable to make these decisions themselves.

• A. Admitting Resident
• B. Aging Process
• C. Advance Directives
• D. Agitation

Answer: (C)

Advance directives are legal documents that let a person decide, in advance, what medical care they want if they can’t speak for themselves. They protect the patient’s wishes and guide doctors and families when decisions must be made, covering choices about treatments, resuscitation, and who can make decisions on the patient’s behalf. In practice, a CNA should look for these directives in the chart, respect the documented preferences, and involve supervisors or physicians if anything is unclear.

The other options don’t fit because they aren’t about planning medical care ahead of time: an admitting resident form is administrative, the aging process is simply the natural progression of life, and agitation is a symptom or condition, not a set of predefined medical care choices.