Health Care Proxy Health Care Agent
Having a health care proxy and health care agent in place is not only wise, but prudent. This is, perhaps, even more true if you are healthy rather than to wait until you become ill. Very often, tragedy strikes with no notice. Having a health care proxy and health care agent in place prior to any tragedy makes the most sense. Making these arrangements prior to falling ill allows you to discuss and make these decisions in the least emotional and rational way possible. It causes the least amount of duress for all concerned.
A health care proxy is a legally binding document that outlines your medical wishes should you become incapacitated and unable to speak for yourself. A health care agent is the person or persons designated to make sure your wishes are executed. I strongly suggest that you have two health care agents, a primary and a secondary health care agent- just in case the primary health care agent is unavailable at short notice. Both parties should be aware of each other and mirror your medical wishes. This document needs to be in the hands of your primary doctor, as well in the hands of any health care agent you designate. The document must be signed and dated by all parties concerned as well as witnessed by two separate individuals. The laws regarding health care proxies and health care agents vary from state to state and country to country. Contact the hospital where you are being treated or visit the two sites listed below to get more information regarding the laws in the municipality in which you live.
A medical proxy should include, but not be limited, to artificial respiration, artificial nutrition and hydration, surgical procedures, CPR, a MOLST, ( Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) & AND, ( Allow Natural Death ), as well as tissue and organ donation. A health care agents duties expire upon your death so any decisions regarding tissue and organ donation must be specifically written into the health care proxy. If you are not hospitalized and have a DNR it must be updated every 90 days, something your doctor can do.
The most difficult step in this process may be the first. Broaching the subject of a health care proxy and discussing your wishes in the event you become incapacitated is challenging. It is important to overcome this ill ease and have this conversation. Having a health care proxy in place also takes the decision making out of the hands of your friends and family and eliminates the possibility of conflict amongst the surviving relatives. At the time of your death, or near death, it is important that your remaining relatives rally and come together. The last thing you want to do is cause turmoil and strife.
Final thoughts:
"Death is an ending as surely as birth is the beginning. Your birth was likely a time of great joy for your parents and siblings, but you had no control over it. Your death will cause sadness, but you can have some control over it. For it to be the kind of end you envision, you must plan ahead.
Being prepared gives you and your family control over some very important things. The end of life is sad and the time together is precious. Planning ahead allows you and your family the freedom to enjoy every moment"
The above was borrowed from a pamphlet distributed Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. The exact author is unknown to me.
Additional resources:
www.caringinfo.org
www.compassionandsupport.org
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