Los Angeles Power of Attorney for Health Care Lawyer

How a Power of Attorney for Health Care Lawyer Can Help

It's not a pleasant task to spend time contemplating what might happen if you lose the ability to make your own health care decisions because of illness, an accident, or advanced age. It's important, however, to do this kind of planning when you have the capacity to do so. Two actions -- having a written record of what kinds of medical treatments you do or don't want and naming someone you trust to oversee your health care go a long way in handling this. 

In the Los Angeles Law Offices of David A. Shapiro, a Professional Corporation, our Power of Attorney for Health Care lawyers can assist you with this important task. A Power of Attorney for Health Care is a legal document, which names the person you want to act as your health care agent when needed. This appointed person, your agent, will then make the required health care decisions for you and see that physicians and other medical providers give you the type of care you would request if you had the ability to do so.

When A Power of Attorney for Health Care Goes Into Effect

Making your Power of Attorney for Health Care effective immediately does not mean that you give up all rights to determine the nature of your medical care while you're still of sound mind and body. You will continue to dictate your own health care as long as you have the ability to do so. Even if and when you lose that ability, your health care agent must act in your best interests and make every effort to follow your written wishes. Having a Power of Attorney for Health Care is insurance that your health care preferences will be executed.