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Preparing for Goodbye: Legal & Care Planning

From the Show: Mindful Medicine
Summary: Prepare for the unexpected and take the weight off your loved ones' shoulders.
Air Date: 12/11/18
Duration: 26:23
Host: Holly Lucille, RN, ND
Guest Bio: Adil Akhtar, MD
Adil Akhtar MDDr. Adil Akhtar is currently Chief, Division of Palliative & End of Life Care, Michigan Health Professionals, and Chief of the Clinical Operations, Karmanos-McLaren Oakland Cancer Center in Michigan. In addition, he is Associate Professor, Department of Medical Oncology & Hematology, Oakland University-William Beaumont School of Medicine.

He is President and CEO of Advance Care Now, LLC. He is also the Medical Director of Premier Hospice and Palliative care. 

Dr. Akhtar’s medical specializations are oncology, palliative care and end of life/hospice care.
Preparing for Goodbye: Legal & Care Planning
Ideally, you’ll plan for the end of life before care is needed. What steps are necessary to fulfill one’s wishes?

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Consider what you’ll do in future if you get sick. You may have a retirement account and a will prepared, but determine what you want done if you lose your health.

Advanced care planning lays out how much care you want, what kinds of treatment you prefer, and what your wishes are if treatment doesn’t pan out.

A living will is useful in case of accident or terminal disease. Power of attorney determines who you prefer to make decisions when you cannot make them for yourself.

Listen as Dr. Adil Akhtar joins Dr. Holly Lucille to discuss legal and care planning for end of life.

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