1-25 of about 50
Back to Health Dashboard- A medical power of attorney, also called a durable power of attorney for health care, is a legal document. In it, you grant another person the authority to make medical decisions for you if you become unable to do so. The person you choose is your health care agent (health care proxy, health care surrogate). Your agent...
- A health care agent is a person you choose to make medical decisions for you if a severe illness or injury makes it impossible for you to speak or decide for yourself. The document that grants this decision-making power to the person you select is called a medical power of attorney. A health care agent may also be...
- Discusses decisions related to care near the end of life. Discusses choosing where to get care and what kind you want. Covers who will make decisions if you can't. Info on advance directives and need for durable power of attorney.
- Discusses basic types of advance directives. Covers living will and medical power of attorney to appoint a health care agent. Explains when and why advance directive is needed. Lists steps in preparing one.
- Discusses role of health care agent if you can't make health care decisions for yourself. Covers medical power of attorney and living will. Includes link to checklist for writing an advance directive.
- An advance directive is a form. It describes the kinds of medical care you want to have if you're badly hurt or have a serious illness and can't speak for yourself. A living will (declaration) and a medical power of attorney (durable power of attorney for health care) are types of advance directives. It may be hard to...
- Preparing advance directive documents, including power of attorney and living will, to legally state your wishes about end-of-life care. How to file documents with us.
- When requesting medical records from Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington, be aware that certain types of medical information have extra legal protection.
- This legal document lets you specify your health care preferences in advance and choose someone to act for you in case you're ever unable to communicate.
- Life Care Planning, or advance care planning, lets you plan for certain types of care in advance, in case you're ever unable to express your preferences.
- Submit a medical request online, or find information about how to request medical care from Kaiser Permanente.
- Questions and answers about accessing medical records for an adult who is not able to make their own health care decisions.
- Many people have more than one long-term (chronic) health problem. You may be one of them. For example, you may have high blood pressure and diabetes, or you may have high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart failure. When you have more than one problem, doctors call the health problems comorbidities. One health problem...
- We offer housing-related legal help to prevent evictions and remove barriers to good health.
- Kaiser was a major figure in the construction, engineering, and shipbuilding industries. In co-founding Kaiser Permanente, he helped transform American health care systems and care delivery.
- An advance directive is a legal form you fill out. It says what kinds of medical care you want if you aren't able to make decisions for yourself. It tells your family and your doctor what to do if you're badly hurt or have a serious illness that keeps you from saying what you want. There are two main types of advance...
- NUHW’s false claims about Kaiser Permanente of Southern California.
- A letter to our mental health professionals about our behavioral health and addiction medicine care and Kaiser Permanente's integrated model.
- Sidney R. Garfield, MD, and Henry J. Kaiser came together to pioneer an innovative health care model.
- Not all hospital stays begin in the emergency room. Sometimes you have time to prepare for a scheduled hospital stay. But even when you don't have an emergency medical problem, getting ready to go to the hospital may leave you feeling overwhelmed and even a little stressed. By taking steps to prepare for your stay ahead...
- Local Atlanta physicians built community relationships to start Kaiser Permanente Georgia.
- Discusses hospice care, which includes medical, emotional, and spiritual care for people who are in the last stages of a serious illness. Guides through decision to seek hospice care. Covers how to choose a program. Covers end-of-life legal issues.
- Interested in learning more about the history of Kaiser Permanente and its founders? These books are good resources to start with.
- A diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or another dementia often raises some important legal and financial issues for the future. The person with dementia should be involved in these decisions as long as they are able and willing to be involved. Get professional legal advice as soon as possible. Early in the disease, the...
- On July 21, 1945, Henry J. Kaiser and Dr. Sidney Garfield offered the health plan to the public, changing how families experienced preventive and integrated care.
Kaiser
Permanente health plans around the country: Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., in Northern
and Southern California and Hawaii • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado • Kaiser
Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc., Nine Piedmont Center, 3495 Piedmont Road NE,
Atlanta, GA 30305, 404-364-7000 • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States,
Inc., in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., 2101 E. Jefferson St., Rockville, MD
20852 • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest, 500 NE Multnomah St., Suite 100,
Portland, OR 97232 • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington or Kaiser Foundation Health
Plan of Washington Options, Inc., 2715 Naches Ave. SW, Renton, WA 98057
© 2024 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington
Download the
Kaiser Permanente
Washington App
