FOND DU LAC – SSM Health and other organizations are promoting National Healthcare Decisions Day on April 16 to encourage people to discuss and document their health care wishes. The effort focuses on ...

If estate planning isn't a grim enough subject, adding an advance directive for dementia to your plan is doubly unpleasant. But an hour or so of your time now could ensure your loved ones know how you ...

States generally allow a person (principal) to appoint another person (agent) to make health care decisions, receive protected health information, or both on the principal’s behalf. In many states, ...