Help Health Care Professionals

How Do You Want To Be Cared For?

Life can be messy and unexpected.  If something happens to you and you end up in the hospital, you want the medical professionals to be able to locate your loved ones.  Medical decisions will need to be made and you want to make sure that those decisions are consistent with your beliefs and desires.  A health care proxy is important because it helps ensure that you receive the medical care you want when you are unable to make decisions for yourself. A health care proxy can: 

Make decisions for you

A health care proxy can make medical decisions for you, such as authorizing treatment or procedures, when you are unable to do so. 

Help your family

A health care proxy can help your family make decisions for you, such as when to stop life-sustaining treatments or what type of medicine to use. 

Help your physician

A health care proxy helps your physician know what your wishes are, especially if your family disagrees on what you want. 

Help you plan for the unexpected

A health care proxy can help you plan for situations you can't foresee, such as a stroke or car accident.

Once your Health Care Proxy is drafted and signed, you need to make sure that your family and health care professionals can locate it.  If it cannot be located, the court system may have to appoint someone for you.  Make sure you register your Health Care Proxy here so you can rest assured that the right people will be making these decisions and your wishes will be carried out.