Amy Privette
Feb 262 min
Did you know that even if you have completed your Living Will and other Advance Directives, you may not have your wishes heard? The purpose of Advance Directives is to ensure that your medical wishes are known and respected and that someone has the legal authority to act on your behalf if you cannot direct your own medical care. Yet, despite your efforts to plan for these situations, various issues regarding the documents are all too common.
The issue most often encountered is getting access to those directives when needed. This became all too real in February 2022 when Amy's uncle ended up in the hospital. Even though he had a Health Care Power of Attorney, it still took 5 days before the family was contacted about his hospitalization because Amy's uncle was unconscious and unable to communicate. He could not tell the hospital he had directives in place.
What good does it do to have these directives in place if no one knows about it? What can you do if you know the person has medical directives but you don't know where they are or you can't get to them (in a safe deposit box, for example)? How can you make sure the situation with Amy's uncle doesn't happen to you?
The answer is DocuBank! DocuBank is an online document storage system that allows you to retain copies of your medical directives and other important legal documents in one cloud-based location. The DocuBank system helps to make sure that you and your loved ones will have access to these key documents when needed most. DocuBank can transmit your advance medical directives to a hospital instantly, 24 hours a day / 7 days a week, anywhere in the world.
A DocuBank membership includes the following:
DocuBank also offers specialized memberships for minor children, college students, and special needs adults who may have a different set of needs. You can also request additional cards if you need them (perhaps you want to give one to your child's babysitter, one to the day care facility, and another one to the grandparents). All members of the family can be protected with DocuBank.
By partnering with DocuBank, we can give you the assurance that your healthcare choices will be made known and honored! For more details, visit www.docubank.com, or contact us to discuss enrollment.
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