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Task: Learn About Medical Directives For Advance Illnesses
It’s time to tackle a heavy subject that’s never easy to face, especially if it involves a person you love: Creating medical...
Task: Fill Out Your Living Will
The third and final part of the Advance Directive task (you downloaded the forms, and understand the purpose of picking the right...
Task: Choose A Health Care Proxy
You’ve already followed our previous task of simply downloading your state’s Advance Directive. Or at least you should have. Once...
Task: Download Your State’s Advance Directive Form
When you can’t make health decisions for yourself, this is what guides your loved ones and doctors in the right direction.
Reimagining Death As A Thing That’s Not So Bad
“My family didn’t talk a lot about death and I wanted to have a relationship with this part of life.”
Resources For People On Their Own During A Time Of Need
Even if you think you have no support system, you should never have to go it alone.
10 People Who Inspire Everyone To Become An Organ Donor
There are millions of reason to donate your organs. Here are 10 heroes who turned tragedy into miracles.
Don't Let Your Family Fight Like These Celebrity Heirs
It’s all too common to hear of a tragedy turning into something even uglier: an epic family feud.
Learning The Value Of Palliative Care Too Late
Waiting too long to initiate palliative care or hospice may lead to regrets later.
Complete The Most Important Planning Docs In An Hour
The biggest barrier to planning is often finding the time to get it done. Thanks to these three services, you’re now out of...
Hospital Mistakes Cause How Many Deaths Each Year?!?!
According to a new study, hospital mistakes are the third leading cause of death in America, right behind heart disease (#1) and...
35 Movie Solutions For All Your Health Care Concerns
Worried about your family’s ongoing coverage? Your access to specialty care? Experimental treatments? Luckily, these 35 movies...
Grey's Anatomy Health Care Proxy Dilemma
Steamiest health care proxy dilemma ever?
Estate Lawyer Offers Advice on Reddit
A bored estate attorney + Reddit = estate planning knowledge for everyone
Make Sure You Have A Will Before Eating One Of These Meals
We value honesty, like how all these meals are very clear in the fact that they’re trying to kill you.
Graphic Shows Why You Need To Plan For Your Senior Years Now
Bradley University offers up lots of numbers and statistics that lead to one conclusion: You need to start planning for tomorrow...
Questions Every Doctor Should Ask Patients Over 65
You always show up to appointments with a list of questions. It’s about time your doctors did the same.
Why Doctors Don’t Die In Hospitals Like The Rest Of Us
Trained medical professionals often face death differently.
Quiz: Would You Make A Good Health Care Proxy?
A Health Care Proxy, which is one of the major components of an Advance Directive, is the primary decision maker when an...
Hawaii Five-0 Gives Carol Burnett A Peaceful Send Off
Her character’s journey comes to an end in the most beautiful way possible.
Organize The Most Important Aspects Of Your Medical History
You don’t have to get too personal or specific to be extremely helpful.
Casey Kasem Passes; Preceded By Family Drama
An emotional struggle between Kasem's children and his wife played out in front of the world.
How To Help Your Clients Get A Living Will In Place
Tips and advice you can offer to help your clients get an Advance Directive in place.
At A Glance: Diagnosed With Serious Illness
Whether it's for yourself or someone you love, let us help you get some important planning out of the way.
What's A "Physicians Orders For Life Sustaining Treatment"?
A POLST form is a legal document for people with an advanced progressive or terminal illnesses and specifies the type of care a...
How To Be A Good Health Care Proxy
If you've been named as a Health Care Proxy (or Health Care Power of Attorney), here's what you should know about your new role —...
All You Need To Know About Being An Organ Donor
Organ donation is the process of donating certain organs to another person upon your death.
What Life Support Treatments Do To Your Body
When you create an Advance Directive or Living Will, you specify the types of life support treatments and other medical...
How Organ Donation Works
If the person who died was a registered organ donor, measures will be taken to maintain the organs through artificial support.
How To Create A Do Not Resuscitate Order (DNR)
A Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order is a legal order written in a hospital or in conjunction with a doctor that states that you do...
What You Need To Know About Creating A Living Will
A Living Will details the types of medical treatments you would like or not like at the end of life, specifically in terms of...
How To Choose A Health Care Proxy
The person you appoint as your Health Care Proxy (or Health Care Power of Attorney) should be able to powerfully advocate for you...
All You Need To Know About Naming A Health Care Proxy
Your Health Care Proxy will advocate for the care and treatment you want when you cannot advocate for yourself.
All You Need To Know About Advance Directives
When you can’t make health decisions for yourself, this is the north star that guides your loved ones and doctors in the right...
Medicare Proposes Paying Doctors To Talk About This
Advance care planning can be a tough, emotional talk. This could make it a little easier for you and your doctor to have.
I’m About To Have Surgery: Pre-Surgery Cheat Sheet
Add these things to your pre-surgery prep list.
State-by-State Advance Directive Forms
An Advance Health Care Directive, also called an Advance Directive, is a legal document stating how you would like to be treated...
Advance Directive Cheat Sheet: Five Tips To Get You Started
Create a Living Will and Health Care Proxy in five steps.
Checklist: Creating An Advance Health Care Directive
An Advance Health Care Directive, also called an Advance Directive, is a legal document stating how you would like to be treated...
Checklist: Documents To Organize And Share
Here are some of the essential documents, accounts, and types of information to organize and put in your Everplan.
Beat The Post-Summer Blues With This Simple Planning Guide
Ease your way back into the work routine with these planning tips.
8 Movies Where CPR Performed Miracles
Movies and medicine have a dicey history, with one insisting on maximum dramatic impact and the other insisting on "facts," "...
8 Reasons You Should Decline Being A Health Care Proxy
Being asked to assume responsibility of another person’s health care is an incredible display of trust and an endorsement of your...
All You Need To Know About Organizing Important Documents
Our endgame is simple: Make all the paperwork in your life manageable so you don’t overwhelm the people you leave behind.
All You Need To Know About Advance Health Care Directives
An advance health care directive, also called an Advance Directive, is a legal document stating how you would like to be treated...
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Rock Center about Making Tough End-of-Life Decisions
Last night Rock Center with Brian Williams aired a very powerful piece about a tough subject: Talking about dying in order...
National Healthcare Decisions Day
Today is National Healthcare Decisions Day, a day to inspire and encourage everyone to create advance health care directives...
1 in 3 Seniors Dies With (Not Of) Dementia
The Alzheimer's Association released a report stating that 1 in 3 seniors dies with Alzheimer's disease or another type of...
How Not to Die
In the May issue of The Atlantic, Jonathan Rauch looks into the work of two doctors, Dr. Angelo Volandes and his wife Dr....
Talking with Your Parents
In the New York Times this week there was a piece on the importance of talking with your parents about their financial...
Refinery29: The Importance Of Living Wills
Bringing the topic of Advance Directives, Living Wills, and Health Care Proxies to a younger generation.
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