Living Wills and Durable Powers of Attorney: Control Over Health Care Decisions

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• Details of My Final Arrangements word

  This document helps you sort out your thoughts (and write them out) about how you want things to be managed upon your death. Click to read more. Content Detail

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  Department of Human Resources, Division of Aging Services

• End of Life Planning: DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDER doc

  this document attempts to clarify when you will be resuscitated or not resuscitated, even if you have it in writing that you do or don't want to be. Content Detail

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  Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Aging Services

• Temporary Health Care Placement Decisionmakers: when you need to move from hospital to nursing home

  When someone is unable to consent to his or her own admission to or discharge from a health care facility, it may be necessary for him or her to have someone else decide. This law covers that. Read More

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  Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Aging Services

• The Facts About Financial Powers of Attorney

  Learn what you need to know about advance directives. Read More

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  Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.

• The Georgia Statutory Financial Power of Attorney PDF

  The information in this document includes an explanation of the Financial Power of Attorney, cautionary language to those considering giving someone power over their financial affairs, instructions for completing the statutory form, and a copy of the form substantially the same as the one which appears in the Official Code of Georgia Annotated. Content Detail

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  Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Aging Services

• What is Elder Abuse?

  This brochure is aimed at providing information and resources for victims of elder abuse as well as defining laws pertaining to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Read More

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  Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.