Oct 15, 2020 | Do Not Resuscitate Orders, Estate Planning, Health Care Surrogate
During the pandemic, this has been a hot topic on the minds of many Floridians. The short answer is “yes”. Here in the state of Florida there are specific requirements. The first are it is has to be on yellow paper. Secondly, at the top of the document, it...
Oct 3, 2014 | Health Care Surrogate
An elderly woman never speaks, no longer recognizes her loved ones when they come to visit, and shows no expression. By the looks of her, she is a human vegetable. And she’s been this way for over a year. Her brain’s cerebral cortex and hippocampus — necessary for...
Sep 5, 2014 | FAQs, Health Care Surrogate, Medicaid Planning, News
The typical hospice in the United States undergoes a full government inspection about once every six years, according to federal figures, making it one of the least-scrutinized areas of U.S. health care — even though about half of older Americans receive hospice care...
Aug 22, 2014 | FAQs, Health Care Surrogate, Medicaid Planning
Long-Term Care Ombudsman are advocates for residents of nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, adult family care homes and similar adult care facilities. Ombudsman staff and volunteers work to resolve problems and concerns of individual residents to improve...
Aug 21, 2014 | FAQs, Health Care Surrogate
It is an individual, 18 years of age or older, whose ability to perform the normal activities of daily living or to provide for his or her own care or protection is impaired due to a mental, emotional, sensory, long-term physical, or developmental disability or...
Aug 19, 2014 | Health Care Surrogate, Medicaid Planning, News
Seniors have limited options in regard to paying for long-term care. When organizing long-term care, individuals and families must navigate the benefits and requirements of numerous programs, support systems and products, such as: 1. The Role of Medicare...
