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Top Family Caregiver Mistakes:  Part 1.5; Not having healthcare, financial, and legal affairs in order

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Not having healthcare, financial, and legal affairs in order. I had planned for this month’s blog, second in our series about common mistakes that family caregivers make, to be about the importance of having a support system in place. This series is written by Debbie Emerson , MS, Hope Hospice Community Health Educator. Mistake #1.5:

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Caregiving Best Practices: Get Healthcare, Financial, and Legal Affairs in Order

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The first blog in this series stresses the importance of planning ahead, not waiting for a crisis to force vital decisions. Other end-of-life issues that may be included in an advance directive are the individual’s preferences for comfort care, ventilation, tube feeding, and organ donation.

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Caregiver Mistakes: Not Having Healthcare, Financial, and Legal Affairs in Order

Hope Hospice

The first blog in this series stresses the importance of planning ahead, not waiting for a crisis to force vital decisions. Other end-of-life issues that may be included in an advance directive are the individual’s preferences for comfort care, ventilation, tube feeding, and organ donation.