End of life healthcare treatment is something most adults in the US have considered and most all have heard about living wills. Relatively few, though, actually have living wills in place. Enter National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD), an education effort regarding the need for advance healthcare planning – – and the importance of healthcare facilities… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Living Will
Advance Directives: When a Power of Attorney Holder Becomes Incompetent
Advance directives — including living wills and, if desired, Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) orders — for our senior loved ones and even family caregivers are very important, we believe. Making end of life wishes clear is crucial, both for each individual and their family members. It’s also vital to designate who will look out for your interests… Continue Reading
Feeding Tube: What Does It Do, Is It Time and How Will You Decide?
Many caregivers will be faced with these questions as they care for aging parents and other senior loved ones. What will you answer? Unfortunately, this is a very personal decision that family caregivers may be faced with answering. Hopefully, you have been able to discuss this possibility and your senior’s desire for this course of… Continue Reading
Conversation with an Elder Law Attorney – Insights for Family Caregivers
Sometimes we’re frustrated by the legalese that governs so much of our lives but it’s fact. Through the end of our lives, and even beyond, there are legal processes, decisions and documents that we have to get right. You’d think that by our senior years our legal dealings would be ramping down, but it’s just… Continue Reading
Health Care Decisions: DNR and Other Advance Directives
Tragedy strikes and your senior loved one is in the hospital. You rush to their bedside only to be bombarded with questions you don’t know how to answer, some true life or death questions. Now – before you need them – is the time to get your answers ready. When your loved one is admitted… Continue Reading
Family Caregivers Avoiding the Unthinkable – But Preparing for It
Family caregivers of elders keep things going every day. They manage their senior loved ones, their appointments, their medications, their family members, their paperwork, and their household among a myriad of other details. We know how important it is to the health and safety of our senior loved ones to keep all our balls in… Continue Reading
DNR / Advance Directives Reminder – National Healthcare Decisions Day
How many times have we disagreed with the choice made in a TV show or movie when someone is so sick or injured that a decision has to be made whether to keep them alive on life support or let them go? Have you said “I wouldn’t want that to happen to me” or “if… Continue Reading
Get DNR & Advance Directives in Place – A Living Will
Senior Care Corner welcomes many guests seeking information on DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) and other advance directives. Many of these guests are either facing or planning for one of the more difficult times any of us can face, the end of life for a loved one. Knowing that’s the case and having some understanding (from experience) of… Continue Reading
