Healthcare Power of Attorney
Services Overview
Our Healthcare Power of Attorney (POA) services are designed to provide professional POA services and to safeguard clients' medical decision-making processes through comprehensive, collaborative planning and oversight. The following outlines the key components and requirements of this service:
Eligibility & Enrollment
- Financial Review Required: Client must review financial health with a member of the Aging Well Eldercare Leadership Team during the intake process prior to starting services.
- Client Status Required: Individuals will agree to go through our intake and onboarding process and sign up as a Healthcare POA client by completing the following:
- Signing our “Healthcare POA” Service Agreement, paying the required deposit, and agreement to associated fees.
- Completing our enrollment visit.
- Maintaining good standing with payment of bills.
- Collaboration with Attorney: Client must provide AWE with attorney information for the purposes of collaboration to be sure documents are properly drafted reflecting AWE involvement.
- Advance Directive Requirement: All documents must clearly identify and support a valid medical advance directive.
- Financial Power of Attorney Requirement: Financial POA document must exist clearly identifying a primary and secondary financial POA.
- Location: Must live in DC or Maryland.
Cost & Fees
- Enrollment visit completed by a member of our Leadership Team: All initial start up services provided by a member of our Leadership Team at the principal rate.
- Care Management Cost: Clients can expect that the deposit provided will be exhausted upon start up, and will be expected to cover additional cost associated with any time spent managing the care or administrative work related to the Healthcare POA role.
Scope of Services
- Healthcare POA Program includes:
- Coordination: We will coordinate with your financial POA, family, other loved ones, care manager, medical providers, and/or other professionals when needed.
- Ongoing Review: We require periodic confirmation that the financial POA contact remains appropriate and informed. You can expect to hear from us once a quarter by phone to check in, with an annual review for broader updates on your healthcare status and review of advance directive documents and MOLST or MOST forms.
- Clarity on roles: Your healthcare POA cannot ethically be your care manager (please see the attached Aging Life Care Association Standard 15). If you wish to receive care management services, and if you are in good standing, we will waive your deposit and give you first priority to our available staff once your or your financial POA gives verbal agreement or the care management service agreement is received.
Annual Review Requirements:
- Each year, clients will participate in a check-in to review and update financial, medical, and legal information, at the current principal hourly price.
- For existing clients, a formal letter will be sent indicating when a financial review is necessary to maintain up-to-date records and ensure continuity of care.
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