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Regardless of your health or age, everyone over eighteen needs to plan for incapacity. So what documents do you need to protect yourself and your loved ones? Learn about a Georgia Advance Directive for Healthcare, a General Durable Power of Attorney (POA) for financial matters, Wills and Trusts.
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What is a Georgia Advance Directive for Healthcare? This document allows you to appoint a person you trust to make healthcare decisions for you should you become unable. It also provides options for more detailed end-of-life care planning such as resuscitation, feeding tubes and antibiotics. In addition, you can nominate a potential guardian (should you…
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Lose the weight, exercise more…typical New Year’s resolutions. In 2023, why not make a resolution that’s simple to keep? Create a proper estate plan for you and your loved ones. Hurley Elder Care Law can assist you in making a customized estate plan that meets your family’s needs. Don’t Procrastinate! Although estate planning may be…
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Eighty-eight-year-old Alice has advanced Alzheimer’s disease. She is non-verbal and lives in a memory care community. The community invited a pianist to play holiday songs for the residents. To everyone’s surprise, when the first few chords of “Go Tell It on the Mountain” began, Alice clapped her hands and hummed along! How can this be?…
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I am a member of the Hurley Elder Care Law team and am sharing my personal experience navigating long-term care for my mom. To respect my mom’s privacy, I will remain anonymous, but I have worked at the firm for quite a while and feel my situation has made me even more proud to be…
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Join Danielle Humphrey, JD, CELA of Hurley Elder Care Law as she presents “Guardianship and Ethics: How to Avoid Removing Someone’s Rights” (ethics) The Guardianship/Conservatorship process is a necessary, complicated intersection of our medical and legal worlds. Oftentimes, the healthcare providers are the first to recognize that a patient’s capacity may be questionable. Recommending that…
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October is National Estate Planning Awareness month. Although this isn’t nearly as exciting as our upcoming holidays and other recognized days throughout the year, it certainly is as important. Why should you take the time to make sure your estate planning is updated and in order? The answer is quite simple, to make things easier…
Read More Join Sam Evans, JD as he presents “The Road Often Traveled: Essential Documents for Adults” Do you have your documents in place? Healthcare providers ask this question to patients and families daily and more often than we would like, the answer is “no.” What healthcare documents does everyone really need and how do they work?…
Read More Join Sam Evans, JD, as he discusses a new and significant law, Georgia House Bill 752, now known as the Georgia Psychiatric Advance Directive (PAD). This forward-thinking law empowers individuals to address their unique mental health needs and situations. A person now has the ability to make decisions related to mental health care and treatment.…
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Recently a new and important bill was signed into law. Georgia House Bill 752, also known as the Georgia Psychiatric Advance Directive (PAD), is a forward-thinking law that empowers individuals to take control of their lives and health care through proactive decision-making to address their unique mental health needs and situations. Why is this important?…
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