Compliance Perspectives: Healthcare Compliance at the Border
Guardianship and conservatorship are both legal arrangements in which a court appoints someone to act on behalf of another person who cannot take care of themselves. A person is deemed legally incapacitated when they cannot...more
Conversations with loved ones who are declining in health and perhaps advancing in age are difficult. Such difficulty is only exacerbated when that loved one is losing their ability to make healthcare decisions on their own...more
What happens when someone who is responsible for an incapacitated family member or a minor child becomes no longer able to do so? For a Guardian serving under court ordered authority, the appointment process for a successor...more
After suffering a major stroke in response to her husband’s untimely death, Juliet remains alive but unresponsive in the hospital. She will need an individual or individuals to make health care and other personal decisions,...more
These proceedings often involve a lot of parties, and often times clients are surprised that so many “extra” people are involved in their family affairs....more