Remove Assisted living Remove Document Remove Healthcare proxy
article thumbnail

Essential Questions to Discuss with Aging Parents for Future Planning

Home With Help

Do You Have Legal and Financial Documents in Order? Its critical to know if your parents have legal documents such as a will, power of attorney, and healthcare proxy. These documents protect their rights and ensure their decisions are honored. Where Do You Want to Live as You Age?

article thumbnail

Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

So like as an example, in New York State, if someone has no healthcare proxy that they’ve designated, there is a legal structure by which we can assign a surrogate, whereas other states don’t have that same structure. Yael 10:52 Yeah. And I think that’s where there’s so much state by state variability.