Solo- A Risky Business for an Incapacitated Adult
Author: Rose Mary Bailly.
Source: Volume 12, Number 03, September/October 2009 , pp.35-37(3)
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Abstract:
This article is a first-person discussing aging individuals--- “unbefriended adults”--- with no family or friends to serve as guardians. Even in the presence of a living will, no provision is or can be easily made for guardianship in the event of incapacity. Some states have taken steps to rectify this growing issue.Keywords: guardianship; in re Daisy Pope; living will; unbefriended adult; vagaries of involuntary options; representative payee; statutory surrogates for health care decisions; surrogate decision-making panels for health care
Affiliations:
1: New York State Law Revision Commission .