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POA: Understanding the Need for Essential Documents

Traditions Health

What you need to know about power of attorney Planning for your future healthcare needs isn’t always easy, but it is important. When you sign a power of attorney document, the agent you choose agrees to act in your best interest, making decisions for you in the way you’d want them to be made. What is a power of attorney?

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The Importance of an Advance Healthcare Directive

American In-Home Care

Yet, one aspect of life often gets overlooked or pushed aside: planning for our healthcare needs, especially as we age. However, having an advance healthcare directive in place is not just for the elderly or those with serious medical conditions—it's important for everyone.

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An Introduction to Advance Directives

Traditions Health

An Introduction to Advance Directives When someone reaches the end of their life, illness or aging may make it difficult to communicate with family and healthcare providers. When creating your first advance directive, you can do the following: Ask your healthcare provider about all the end-of-life care alternatives available to you.

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Can I Include End of Life Care Wishes in My Will?

Seasons Hospice

This document can specify your end-of-life wishes in the event that you become unable to make decisions for yourself. You may also want to designate a healthcare proxy, who will be responsible for making sure your wishes are carried out. This person is known as a healthcare proxy or durable power of attorney for healthcare.

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

Hope Hospice

Do you and your loved ones have an advance healthcare directive as well as the other documents necessary for managing legal and financial issues (e.g., This couple did not have advance healthcare directives nor were documents in place that would enable the wife to handle her husband’s independent financial accounts and property.

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

Hope Hospice

Do you and your loved ones have an advance healthcare directive as well as the other documents necessary for managing legal and financial issues (e.g., This couple did not have advance healthcare directives nor were documents in place that would enable the wife to handle her husband’s independent financial accounts and property.

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

Hope Hospice

Not having healthcare, financial, and legal affairs in order. Second, this unprecedented medical and societal devastation shines a light on the importance of being certain that healthcare, financial, and legal affairs are in order, regardless of your age. Advance healthcare directives. AARP: Advance healthcare directives.