The health care proxy provides protection for an individual’s right to determine the course of his medical care in the event of incapacity. If you are at least 18 years old, you can designate a person that will make health care decisions for you if you are unable to make them yourself. It should only go into [...]
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Category Archives: Health Care Proxy
Who should be your health care proxy?
One of the hardest parts of putting together an estate plan is deciding who should take over for you if you can’t care for yourself. Who do you want to be your health care proxy?
Most people immediately think of their closest family member – whether that be your parents, your children or your spouse. However, [...]
Lie to Me
NPR Talk of the Nation did a great piece recently about caring for alzheimer’s patients. Specifically, what to do when they ask you about a dead family member who they don’t remember has passed. Do you tell them that they’ve passed or do you lie to them? Is it ethical to lie [...]
An Affair to Remember
There’s a really interesting article this week at Slate. [An Affair to Remember: She was 82. He was 95. They had dementia. They fell in love. And then they started having sex.]
The article recounts the story of Bob and Dorothy who met each other at an assisted living community. [...]
Everyone needs a health care proxy – why?
A health care proxy is a legal document that designates another person to make health care decisions on your behalf in the event that you cannot make those same health care decisions for yourself. It is essentially a power of attorney for health care purposes.
Everyone over the age of 18 needs a health care [...]
