<div dir="ltr"><div>Nice language presented to address the concern.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 11:43 AM, John Creahan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john@cairn-law.com" target="_blank">john@cairn-law.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#595959">Paul,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#595959">The following language might address your situation:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#2e75b6">Specific instruction re: life-sustaining treatments.<span>
</span>I direct my Health Care Proxy to act decisively and promptly to effectuate my Health Care Directive, under the circumstances it describes.<span>
</span>If my Health Care Proxy is unwilling or unable to act in conformity with my Health Care Directive, I instruct that a successor Health Care Proxy willing and able to do so be immediately substituted for the purpose.<span>
</span>If no party I have named is so willing, I direct that my physicians and health care providers honor and effectuate my Health Care Directive notwithstanding inactivity or opposition of my Health Care Proxy, family, or other interested party.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#2e75b6">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#595959"><span> </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#595959">You could alter the language to appoint the friend to effectuate the directive rather than calling on
the health care providers to do so. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#595959">Hope this helps,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#595959">John<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#595959">John Creahan</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#595959"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>From:</span></b><span> <a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Neumiller<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 7, 2015 4:03 PM<span><br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Enforcing a HCD<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A divorced mother with children in their 20s asked me the following question: “How do I ensure that my children will follow my wishes expressed in my Health Care Directive and pull the plug? I just know my children will endlessly debate
the issue but I DO NOT want to be hooked up to tubes if I am just a vegetable. “ She is considering a carve out in her Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care to allow a trusted (and older) family friend to be able to make the decision to pull the plug.
I said that I would post her question to the collective mind. What say you?<u></u><u></u></p>
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