Who has Legal Authority?

Planning for Life, Long-Term Care and Death

Kelley Napier

Planning for Life: Advance Directives

1. GA Advance Directive for Healthcare

2. DNR
3. Financial Power of Attorney

Consenting for medical treatment

1. A person for himself or herself 2. Healthcare agent listed in Advance Directive 3. Next of kin 4. Temporary medical consent guardian (*See S.B. 367, 2010)

Next of Kin Law

Spouse Adult Child Parent Sibling Grandparent Adult Grandchild Adult Niece or Nephew Aunt or Uncle Adult Friend

GA Advance Directive for Healthcare Four Parts:

1. Allows an agent to be appointed to carry out healthcare decisions

2. Allows choices about withholding or withdrawing life support and accepting or refusing nutrition and/or hydration
3. Allows you to communicate your wishes for the final disposition of your body. 4. Allows one to nominate someone to be appointed as Guardian if a court determines that this is necessary.

What is a DNR?
A doctor can write a DNR order after a verbal conversation

with a competent adult patient or the persons healthcare

agent. Both the agent and the doctor should abide by the patients wishes which are listed in the Advance Directives.

General Durable Power of Attorney for Financial and Property Matters

* A Document where you appoint an agent

to manage your finances in the event that

you become incapacitated.

Planning for Long-Term Care: How to pay

Self Pay

Long Term Care Benefits

Medicaid VA Benefits

Benefits of Being Married Spousal Diversion of Income Community Spouse Resource Allowance Transfer Assets VA Spousal Benefits Social Security Spousal Benefits

Planning for Death: How to Give Intestate Laws Years Support Estate Taxes Pension Benefits

Tomieka R. Daniel

Georgia Legal Services Program

Thank You!
Please contact Louise Morris at Hurley Elder Care Law for a free phone consultation. (404) 843-0121