What is a Health Care Proxy? Below is the definition from www.medicinenet.com: Health care proxy: An advance medical directive in the form of a legal document that designates another person (a proxy) ...

ISO: someone who knows me, who has my interests at heart; someone who will salve my wounds and keep me from harm; someone who laughs at my jokes. Someone who loves me. ISO: a health-care proxy. This ...

There may come a time when you may need to become an unpaid caregiver for a parent, relative, or friend. And, in the best case, your recipient of care has put their affairs in order long before ...

For most of us, the answer is online. A recent survey by AARP shows that many older Mainers are reluctant to fully embrace ...

April is Health Care Decisions Month. A few years ago, when I heard of this month-long awareness campaign, I thought it odd. I didn’t understand the importance of having an official health care proxy ...

Q: Before my husband passed last year, he and I spoke frequently about our health care wishes and decisions. Now that he is gone, I’m worried about who will help me with those decisions if I should ...

Q: My son turned 18 this year and is now living away at college. I’m concerned his doctors will not provide me access to his medical information — that, I will not be able to help him if he gets sick ...

Something we have heard and read repeatedly since discussion of health-care reform became an everyday event is that it must include the public’s participation, so that our elected representatives can ...

If someone has signed a health care proxy and durable power of attorney while they have capacity, is there any benefit to also petitioning for guardianship or conservatorship later on if that ...