Advanced Directives – Everyone Needs One Now!

Rayna Neises, your host, interviews Kira Reginato. Kira is a geriatric care manager who has helped the elderly and their families in a variety of settings.  Her vast experience coupled with her entrepreneurial nature has allowed her to develop an app for family caregivers and to author a book that she recently updated and rereleased, Tips for Helping Your Aging Parents: (without Losing Your Mind). She has so many tools to help caregivers, but focuses in this interview on tips regarding Healthcare/Medical Directives:

• An Advanced Directive is a healthcare document, a form, where you decide and record two important things:
  • Power of Attorney – a person who you want to speak for you regarding medical decisions in the event you cannot
  • Instructions – what you want and do not want regarding your specific healthcare wishes
• Everyone over the age of 18 should complete an Advanced Directive before a health crisis
• Addendums for COVID-19 are now available allowing you to specifically state what should and should not be done related to this illness
• Choose a Power of Attorney who can speak up on your behalf to honor your wishes and the right choice might not always be the closest family member
• Free forms are available . . . Just ensure you get the right one for your state
• Once complete, keep a master copy of your Advanced Directive, post a copy on your refrigerator door and give a copy to:
  • Power of Attorney
  • Backup Agent
  • Doctor
  • Hospital
•  Another option is to get Kira’s app, Caring, which allows you to load documents on your phone and share them with everyone who needs a copy. Learn more https://callkira.com/the-caring-app/
• As life and medical situations change, revisit your Advanced Directive to ensure it is updated

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