Everyone age 18 and over should have a health care proxy document signed (think kids off to college, and yourself, not just an elderly parent). A health care proxy, also called a medical power of ...

“It’s April do you know where your healthcare proxy is?” I adapted this saying from a local news station who use to say, “It’s 11 o’clock do you know where your children are?” because in April we ...

Imagine this scenario: You are the parent of a college student. Your telephone rings one evening and on the other end is your child’s roommate telling you that your child was just rushed to the ...

“We don’t understand why we can’t help him,” the man’s daughter told me through tears. He was in his 60s with a progressive illness. In addition to serious cardiac and gastrointestinal issues, he had ...

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) ...

Have you picked someone to make medical decisions for you if you can’t make them for yourself? Health care advocates say if you haven’t, you should. A recent study found two thirds of Americans have ...

When you live alone without support of loved ones nearby as an "elder orphan," long-term care planning is not only essential, it demands complex thinking. That’s especially true for picking a ...

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 ...

A power of attorney allows a person to delegate the power to make financial and medical decisions. While a single document can cover both of those types of powers, Pennsylvania offers a health-care ...

Imagine this scenario: you are the parent of a college student. Your telephone rings one evening and on the other end is your child’s roommate telling you that your child was just rushed to the ...