New Model Proxy Advance Directive Form and Guide

The ABA Commission on Law and Aging has released a new free booklet offering a simple durable power of attorney for health care, designed to meet the legal requirements in nearly all states. Giving Someone a Power of Attorney for Your Health Care: A Guide with an Easy-to-Use Legal Form for All Adults can be described as “bare bones” because it doesn’t provide specific instructions about medical treatments, as most standardized health care advance directive forms do. Instead, it provides solely for the appointment of a health care agent with broad health-care decision-making authority.