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Our guides provide you with the skills, checklists and tips for caring for your loved one. Our content is authored by highly qualified registered nurses with a combined total of 60 years of expertise in various healthcare settings such as acute, community and home care.

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  • West Virginia Medical

    West Virginia POLST and DNR Forms

    Portable medical orders like POLST and DNR ensure that your loved one's medical treatment and resuscitation preferences are consistently followed.

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  • Wisconsin Medical

    Wisconsin POLST and DNR Forms

    Portable medical orders like POLST and DNR ensure that your loved one's medical treatment and resuscitation preferences are consistently followed.

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  • Wyoming Medical

    Wyoming POLST and DNR Forms

    Portable medical orders like POLST and DNR ensure that your loved one's medical treatment and resuscitation preferences are consistently followed.

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  • Alabama Medical

    Alabama POLST and DNR Forms

    Portable medical orders like POLST and DNR ensure that your loved one's medical treatment and resuscitation preferences are consistently followed.

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  • DNR

    Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Order

    A DNR is used when your loved one feels that, due to their health status, resuscitation benefits are limited or don't align with their preferences.

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  • Breast Cancer

    Breast Cancer Risk Increases as Age Increases

    The reason mammograms start at age 40 and go until age 80+ is because those most threatened by breast cancer are older women.

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  • POLST Forms

    Physician Orders For Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)

    POLST exists at some level in all 50 states, from just having legislation passed, to implementing pilots, to having it as the standard of care.

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  • Advance Directive

    An Advance Directive By Any Other Name...

    An advance directive, also known by many other names, is a legal document that ensures your loved one's medical preferences are known and honored.

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  • Powers of Attorney

    Different Types of Power of Attorney (POA)

    Although medical and financial are the most common powers of attorney (POAs), there are several subtypes between them, as well as many other kinds of POAs.

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  • Wyoming

    Wyoming Medical and Financial Power of Attorney (POA) Forms

    A power of attorney (POA) is a legal tool that enables your loved one to enlist help in protecting their financial, medical, and legal interests.

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  • Wisconsin

    Wisconsin Medical and Financial Power of Attorney (POA) Forms

    A power of attorney (POA) is a legal tool that enables your loved one to enlist help in protecting their financial, medical, and legal interests.

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  • West Virginia

    West Virginia Medical and Financial Power of Attorney (POA) Forms

    A power of attorney (POA) is a legal tool that enables your loved one to enlist help in protecting their financial, medical, and legal interests.

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