What is a Health Care Proxy? Below is the definition from www.medicinenet.com: Health care proxy: An advance medical directive in the form of a legal document that designates another person (a proxy) ...

Q: Before my husband passed last year, he and I spoke frequently about our health care wishes and decisions. Now that he is gone, I’m worried about who will help me with those decisions if I should ...

If someone has signed a health care proxy and durable power of attorney while they have capacity, is there any benefit to also petitioning for guardianship or conservatorship later on if that ...

April is Health Care Decisions Month. A few years ago, when I heard of this month-long awareness campaign, I thought it odd. I didn’t understand the importance of having an official health care proxy ...

A healthcare power of attorney or healthcare proxy empowers someone to speak with and make decisions about another person’s medical condition, care, and treatment. A healthcare power of attorney, ...

Your clients rarely imagine themselves being unable to make important medical decisions for themselves. Yet it happens regularly. In fact, one way to introduce the topic is to tell your clients that a ...

Parents of college students or of any child who has turned 18 years old should encourage their adult child to execute a durable power of attorney, health care proxy and HIPAA Authorization. The Health ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is starting to affect everything we do. Sometimes I dictate random thoughts and the AI is able to take the thoughts and turn them into an article. One area I have been ...