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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources (2)
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Coronavirus Legal Planning: What Documents do I Need?
In light of the coronavirus, it is important to know about the different legal planning documents and how they can be used to document wishes and empower loved ones to help should something happen. Content Detail
Health care proxies and living wills (5)
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Advance Care Directives: Making Your Wishes Known and Honored
This PDF resource covers how to select which advance directive you need, how to make your advance directives known, what to do if you don't have an advance directive, and how to cancel your advance directives. Content Detail
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Advance Care Planning
This PDF is for anyone over the age of 18 and another for people who are seriously ill or near the end of their lives. The first section explains health care proxy and living will and how to set these documents up to share your wishes. The second section explains how to create Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) for people that are or may be near the end of their lives. Content Detail
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Health Care Proxies And Living Wills
This article provides information explains what a health care proxy and living will and discusses how to go about getting one. Read More
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Q&A on Living Wills and Health Care Proxies
Visit SeniorLaw.com to learn more about living wills and health care proxies. Content Detail
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What do I need to know about choosing a Health Care Proxy?
This resource has a Health Care Proxy Form and lots of answers to questions you may have about choosing a Health Care Proxy. Content Detail
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Medical directives (6)
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Advance Care Planning
This PDF is for anyone over the age of 18 and another for people who are seriously ill or near the end of their lives. The first section explains health care proxy and living will and how to set these documents up to share your wishes. The second section explains how to create Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) for people that are or may be near the end of their lives. Content Detail
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Deciding About Health Care: A Guide for Patients and Families
A Guide for patients and families about making decisions about health care when someone is incapacitated - DNRs, health care proxies, and other protections. Content Detail
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Family Health Care Decisions Act
Explains the law that became effective in June 2010 that allows certain family members or friends to make health care decisions for a loved one who is mentally incapacitated, if that person did not sign a health care proxy. Includes links to related websites. Content Detail
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Planning in Advance For Your Medical Treatment
The importance of planning in advance for medical decisions to be made for you if the time comes that you do not have the capacity to make these decisions. Also discusses Do Not Rescuscitate (DNR) Orders. Content Detail
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Total Life Choices: Advance Directives Project
If you give your signed Health Care Proxy to this New York City non-profit organization, they file it in a national registry which any doctor or hospital in the U.S. can access when needed. Content Detail
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Who Will Make Decisions About Your Health Care When You Lack Capacity to Do So?
Describes and gives links to online information about Health Care Proxies, New York?s Family Health Care Decisions Act, Do Not Rescuscitate (DNR) Orders, the Palliative Care Act, and Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) Forms. Content Detail
Power of Attorney (1)
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Get more answers to your questions about Power of Attorney
This resource explains what a power of attorney is and what to expect when having one. Read More
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