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CHOOSING YOUR HEALTH CARE POWER OF ATTORNEY (PART III OF III)

7/29/2014

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Choosing your health care power of attorney can be a difficult and emotional task. It’s crucial that you have a health care power of attorney because when you need medical attention, the doctors are required to get your permission before beginning any treatment. This could be impossible if you are incapacitated.




Here are some considerations to think about and open the lines of communication with your family about this very important decision.

1.      Who do you trust with your life?
2.      Who can be easily reached when needed?
3.      Who will follow your wishes?
4.      What would your family say about this person? Will they agree or will this decision have potential conflicts? 
5.      Do you want to appoint multiple people or just one person to act on your behalf? If you plan to appoint multiple people to act jointly, make sure that they are in agreement to avoid any conflict. You might want to appoint 3 for a majority vote or to require a unanimous decision.
6.      Make the hard decisions yourself.  Family members may be more willing to act as your health care agent if you can ease their decision-making burden by already indicating your end-of-life decisions in a living will. 


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maria bowmer
9/12/2014 11:51:48 am

That is a good idea, number 5. I am a rep for a disabled woman friend and so is another woman whom I dont get along with. Adding a 3rd party is great idea. Thanks for posting this, it might look like no one reads it , but you never know who you helped with this info.

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Christine Chung
9/18/2014 05:55:00 pm

Thank you Maria! I appreciate you reading this and providing feedback. I hope things will work out for you.

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Beauty Blog link
6/16/2023 04:45:50 pm

Loved reading this thank youu

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