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<\/a>I am not a fan of do-it-yourself planning, but the ABA has a good resources called the Consumer’s Tool Kit for Health Care Advance Planning that might be worth a look.<\/p>\nAccording to the ABA site, studies have show that standard advanced directive forms do little to influence end-of-life decisions without informed and thoughtful reflection on your wishes and values plus person communication between you and your likely decision makers before a crisis occurs.<\/p>\n
That’s where the tool-kit comes in. \u00a0To try to make those decisions and communication with your named agents, a bit easier.<\/p>\n
Why is A Medical Power of Attorney Important?<\/h1>\n
Good advanced planning for health care is about values, priorities and the qualify of one’s life. \u00a0A Medical Power of Attorney (Patient Advocate Designation in Michigan) is literally about life and death.<\/p>\n
However, just having a Medical Power of Attorney\/Patient Advocate Destination isn’t enough. \u00a0You need to have conversations with the people you’ve (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am not a fan of do-it-yourself planning, but the ABA has a good resources called the Consumer’s Tool Kit for Health Care Advance Planning that might be worth a look. According to the ABA site, studies have show that…<\/span><\/p>\n