Medical
Oh boy....
Too much I can't say. But I will say this: Make sure your elderly family members have all their documents in order, so that if there is ever a medical emergency, someone has the authority to help them and advocate on their behalf. Without papers, no one has the authority to view their records, to talk to doctors, or to make decisions on their behalf. Being related by blood does not automatically give you that right. Get durable medical power of attorney papers. Get health care surrogate papers. Get HIPPA forms for individual doctors at the very least. We should all have these filled out for ourselves too. The younger we are, the less we think we need them, but the reality is, tragedy can strike anyone at any age at any time.
2 comments
That is great advice - makes things so much easier if someone trusted is named as an attorney-in-fact to make health and financial decisions - just in case :)
February 24, 2012 at 10:31 PM
I wish everybody was appointed a lawyer for this. I don't know how all the bases can be covered without one.
February 25, 2012 at 10:47 PM
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