Health Care Decision Making

This course teaches you the steps in acting as a Health Care surrogate or proxy. It also covers how to authorize decisions under a Living Will and Do Not Resusitate (DNR) orders.

Proxy vs Health Care Surrogate 

Proxy
Health Care Surrogate
Health Care Surrogate for Minors
When does authority begin
What power is given and standard of decision making
How to Sign
Guardianship Interaction

HIPAA Releases

What is HIPAA
Compare to Health Care Surrogate

Living Will and End of Life Decisions

Living Wills
What is medical care that can be withdrawn
POLST and PAD

DNR

What is a DNR
When and who can put it in place
Where should it be kept

Burial Arrangements

How to document
Cremation issues
Organ Donation

Preneed Guardian

Purpose of Preneed Guardian

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