It is important for you and your health care proxy to discuss your wishes in advance, while you are able to communicate, so they know how to best advocate for you.

Choose the Right Person as a Health Care Proxy. It’s vital to find the person you can trust. Orgain says she’s witnessed what happens when a health care proxy doesn’t honor what was wanted.

A health care proxy, also called a medical power of attorney, is someone you appoint to make health care decisions for you if you become incapacitated.

Choosing a health care proxy is one thing, but you must also put together a “care team,” says Tracey Lawrence of Grand Family Planning in Ringwood, N.J.

Hospitals and nursing homes are required to ask about the existence of any advance directive when you are admitted. In most states, a health care proxy does not take effect until you can no longer ...

Health Care Proxy. November 10, 2003. By Abigail Trafford. ... You need a partner in this semi-monde of uncertainty, a proxy who can speak for you when you cannot speak.

A properly executed health care proxy offers one less worry for parents. Melissa Negrin-Wiener, Esq. is an elder law attorney and partner with the elder law and estate planning Genser Dubow Genser ...

A health care proxy designates an individual, often a family member, to legally make medical decisions for another. It can only be activated when a doctor declares the person incompetent.

So, let’s start with what is often referred to as the health care proxy or durable power of attorney for health care.. First Step: Appoint Your Agent and Discuss What You Want. Every state ...