A piece of advice, if I may. While you are still going strong and not in crisis, make a folder for copies of critical sections of your Living Will/Family Trust. Make 10 to 12 copies of your Powers of Attorney, Authorizations to DIsclose Protected Health Information, Advanced Health Directives and other pertinent documents for your self and for your spouse, if applicable. File it in a place that is handy, so you can grab it and go if the situation demands it. If you haven't done a Living Will or Family Trust, run - do not walk to the nearest lawyer and get it done now!!
I spent this morning (hours!) sorting out copies and originals of our documents mentioned above. During the time of extreme crises, I had to locate the originals and make copies for every hospital, nursing home, rehab facility, doctor and surgeon that Rand had contact with for seven months. I never seemed to make enough copies so was always making more and more and more. One hospital alone has seven copies as they couldn't seem to keep track of them! The bottom line is that today I finally had to get those papers sorted out, put the originals in the safe deposit box and make sure that there are copies at the house. The sad part is that I no longer have Rand's Power of Attorney with original signatures - but I have a few copies! I'm sure the original got mixed in and I gave it to some unsuspecting medical person somewhere down the line. I went through the safe deposit box again just to make sure, but it is gone. Please don't put yourself in that situation. Take care of it now while the going is good. Thanks.
Keep Rand close.
Love, Connie
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