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You can help your family member if you live at a distance by doing a variety of things. First you may help the caregiver that is there by coming in and providing respite care for a few days every couple of months. You can help them pay bills at a distance through internet banking. You may even be able to check the references of those individuals helping your loved one from a distance. Just because you live at a distance does not mean you cannot be a caregiver.

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An estate plan usually includes a health care surrogate designation or other advanced directive, a durable power of attorney, often times a trust, and ultimately a last will and testament. These documents can be used to prevent a guardianship in a variety of ways. First of all, the durable power of attorney allows someone to make financial and legal decisions for you when you become incapacitated. The health care advanced directive allows someone to manage your health care when you’re not able to do so. A trust can ultimately allow someone to manage your property in that trust and disperse it when you die.

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A durable power of attorney can potentially alleviate the need for a guardianship, because a durable power of attorney allows someone to make financial and legal decisions on your behalf. If you become incapacitated and a guardianship is filed against you, someone could argue that the durable power of attorney represents the least restrictive alternative and can be used in the alternative of a guardianship to assist you.

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Medicare does cover hospice care. Usually hospice care is provided in your home but it can be provided in an assisted living facility or skilled nursing facility. Medicare will not cover the costs of the facility care, however will cover doctor visits, prescription drugs, and a variety of other things related to the hospice care.