Durable power of attorney for health care decision.

Durable power of attorney for health care.

I. Appointment of Patient Advocate I, ___________________________________________________________ of ___________________________________________________________ hereby appoint _________________________________________________ residing at ____________________________________________________ as my agent in fact (herein called advocate) with the following power to be exercised in my name and for m...

Completion of a durable power of attorney for health care: what does cognition have to do with it?

PURPOSE This study examined the association between cognitive functioning and completion of a durable power of attorney for health care. DESIGN AND METHODS Participants were from the Second Longitudinal Study on Aging (LSOA II), a nationally representative sample of community-dwelling persons who were at least 70 years of age at the time of participation. The sample included 325 older adult r...

A comparison of state advance directive documents.

PURPOSE Advance directive (AD) documents are based on state-specific statutes and vary in terms of content. These differences can create confusion and inconsistencies resulting in a possible failure to honor the health care wishes of people who execute health care documents for one state and receive health care in another state. The purpose of this study was to compare similarities and differen...

California's durable power of attorney for health care.

The durable power of attorney for health care.