When you create a durable power of attorney for health care, one of the most important decisions you face is who your designated health care agent will be. To ensure you make the right decision, it is important that you ask yourself the following questions: Is the person assertive? The person listed as your health care agent in your medical power of attorney is given the right to fight for your wishes, often against the desires of some of your own family members in a medical situation. Will your Alzheimer’s caregiver assert your requests even in the face of...
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