HOW IS THE DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE DECISIONS DIFFERENT FROM A REGULAR POWER OF ATTORNEY?
The Health Care Power of Attorney addresses health care matters only. General (regular) powers of attorney refer to business and financial matters and sometimes also include health care. Many people choose to name separate agents for business decisions and health care decisions and use separate documents to do so. Separate documents also have the advantage of keeping business and financial matters out of a document that will be attached to a hospital medical record or included in a medical file. A Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care becomes effective WHEN AND ONLY WHEN you cannot make or communicate decisions for yourself.
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