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View handbook that guides courts in developing a volunteer guardianship monitoring and assistance program.
See definitions,
standards, and
recommendations for action
Read why legal assistance needs to be restructured as part of Older American Act reuthorization. A reprint of an article in the March-April 2012 issue of Bifocal.
Watch In Your Hands: The Tools for Preserving Personal Autonomy to learn about legal aspects of planning for incapacity and for an introduction to four legal tools: durable powers of attorney, health care powers of attorney, living wills and trusts.
Read Making Medical Decisions for Someone Else to understand what it’s like to be a health care proxy, what to do while there’s still time to think about it, how to make the hard decisions, and where to get help.
Let this guide provide you with the critical tools to help understand your options, make informed decisions, and minimize some of the anxiety you may be feeling about financial and legal affairs at this stage of life.