Everyone age 18 and over should have a health care proxy document signed (think kids off to college, and yourself, not just an elderly parent). A health care proxy, also called a medical power of ...

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) ...

Have you picked someone to make medical decisions for you if you can’t make them for yourself? Health care advocates say if you haven’t, you should. A recent study found two thirds of Americans have ...

Health care advocate AnnMarie McIlwain says your health proxy may have to make difficult choices on your behalf, like how much medical treatment you should get if you’re already terminally ill. So, ...

Q: Is it necessary for parents to have a health care proxy for college students, or for any child when he or she turns 18? A: It’s a good idea, says Melissa Negrin-Wiener, a law partner at the ...

“It’s April do you know where your healthcare proxy is?” I adapted this saying from a local news station who use to say, “It’s 11 o’clock do you know where your children are?” because in April we ...

I have a Power of Attorney, but at my last doctor appointment, they asked about a Health Care Proxy. Isn’t that the same thing? That’s a great question and just in time for National Health Care ...