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The Importance of an Advance Healthcare Directive

American In-Home Care

Essentially, it provides guidance to healthcare providers and loved ones about your desired level of care. Healthcare Power of Attorney: This document appoints a trusted individual, known as a healthcare proxy or agent, to make healthcare decisions on your behalf if you're incapacitated.

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Palliative Care Pioneer: Susan Block

GeriPal

I think we shouldn’t be doing advanced care planning before somebody has a serious illness or something that’s likely to end their lives, beyond having a healthcare proxy. I think that we have focused on completely the wrong desired outcomes for advanced care… Well, let me start all over on that one. Susan: Yeah.

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POA: Understanding the Need for Essential Documents

Traditions Health

A healthcare POA lets you appoint someone to make health-related decisions for you. The person you choose is often referred to as a healthcare proxy. This can include filing tax returns, paying bills, and depositing social security checks.

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Palliative Care in Liver Disease: A Podcast with Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson

GeriPal

But that is a conversation where the caregiver slash healthcare proxy is involved, because that is the place these people can be completely lucid and have a full conversation with us and make us completely clear about what their wishes are. What the patient’s wishes are.

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POLST Evidence and Update: Kelly Vranas, Abby Dotson, Karl Steinberg, and Scott Halpern

GeriPal

It would have a CPR section and then it would have a healthcare proxy section. Because POLST doesn’t, I believe, correct me if I’m wrong, you can’t assign a durable power of attorney for healthcare or healthcare proxy. It would probably have maybe three sections. Karl: You can write it in.

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

Seasons Hospice

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. When creating a living will, it is important to be as specific as possible about your wishes.

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Advance Care Planning: How to Start

Hospice Promise

Start the Conversation: Talk to your loved ones and healthcare providers about your healthcare wishes and values. Choose a Healthcare Proxy: Identify a trusted person who can make healthcare decisions for you if you’re unable to do so. This will help ensure they understand what matters most to you.