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Advance Directives, Guardianships, Powers of Attorney and Living Wills
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This section of PALawHelp.org has information and resources about Advance Directives, Guardianships,
Powers of Attorney and Living Wills in Pennsylvania.
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Advance Health Care Declarations (Living Wills)
Information on advance health care directives and living wills from the Erie County Bar Association Content Detail
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A Guide for Seniors and Their Families: Issues on Aging
Consumer Legal Information Pamphlet from the Pennsylvania Bar Association [PDF] Content Detail
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A Guide to Legal Issues for Pennsylvania Senior Citizens [PDF]
The handbook from the Pennsylvania Bar Association provides valuable information on legal issues and questions that concern Pennsylvania's senior citizens and the persons and organizations that care for them. (PDF Format, 83 pages) Content Detail
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Consumer’s Tool Kit for Health Care Advance Planning
This tool kit from the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging contains a variety of self-help worksheets, suggestions, and resources. There are 10 tools in all, each clearly labeled and user-friendly. The tool kit does not create a formal advance directive for you. Instead, it helps you do the much harder job of discovering, clarifying, and communicating what is important to you in the face of serious illness. Content Detail
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Giving Someone a Power of Attorney For Your Health Care
A Guide with an Easy-to-Use, Legal Form for All Adults from the ABA Commission on Law and Aging. The form in this guide is a simple version of a Health Care Advance Directive. It allows you to choose someone to make health care decisions for you if you can’t. If you name a health care agent when you are healthy, you will make sure that someone you trust can make health care decisions for you if you become too ill or injured to make them yourself. Content Detail
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Guardianship
Information on legal guardianship from the Erie County Bar Association Content Detail
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Health and Financial Decisions: Legal Tools for Preserving Your Personal Autonomy
Important information from the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging on preserving your right to make decisions about your life. [PDF] Content Detail
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Health Care Power of Attorney and Living Will
The Allegheny County Bar Association offers this free Health Care Power of Attorney and Living Will packet that is endorsed by both the Allegheny County Medical Society and Allegheny County Bar Association. Read More
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Legal Briefs: Elder Law
Information discussed by Attorney Whitney Hughes of the Allegheny County Bar Association on the November 1, 2011 edition of "Legal Briefs" on KDKA-TV's Pittsburgh Today Live program. Here are some common questions and some helpful tips in navigating through this sometimes confusing area of law. Content Detail
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Legal Briefs: Powers of Attorney (Video)
Information presented by the Allegheny County Bar Association on the May 22, 2007 edition of "Legal Briefs" on KDKA-TV's Pittsburgh Today Live program. (5:13) Read More
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Living Wills/ Health Care Powers of Attorney
Consumer information pamphlet from the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Content Detail
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Making Medical Decisions for Someone Else
This booklet from the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging describes in simple terms what it's like to be a health care proxy, what to do while there is still time to think about it, how to make the hard decisions, and where to get help. [PDF] Content Detail
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Pennsylvania Health Care Power of Attorney and Living Will - Why are these Important? (Video)
This video from the Allegheny County Bar Association explaining what a Health Care Power of Attorney and Living Will does for you and why it is important for you to have one. Read More
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Power of Attorney
Information on Power of Attorney from the Erie County Bar Association Content Detail
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