I spent a lot of time today with a director of an Alzheimer’s
care facility.
The biggest takeaway was something I (personally) did and
just assumed many knew about. WRONG!
Please … please … please have your folks or loved ones who are
getting old … sign a Medical Power of Attorney while they are lucid and
understand. Without this you cannot even talk to their physician if and when
the patient can no longer make rational decisions about their own healthcare.
You can’t place them in the hospital, home, or converse in
any medical conversations about them … unless you have a legal MEDICAL POWER OF
ATTORNEY!
Now this is about Texas … so please check out your state or
country and its regulations.
I am not an attorney … so rather than giving advice based on
my own person experience or what others have told me … I STRONGLY suggest that
you click this link http://www.dads.state.tx.us/news_info/publications/handbooks/advancedirectives.html.
I can PROMISE you… it will be worth a bit of work to get
these things handled NOW!
God love our old folks!
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