Resources for older adults and the general public
Advance Directives
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Booklet with questions-and answers and fill-in-the-blank forms for durable power of attorney for health care (patient advocate designation), living will, non-hospital do-not-resuscitate order and organ donation
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Booklet with questions-and answers and fill-in-the-blank forms for durable power of attorney for health care (patient advocate designation), living will, non-hospital do-not-resuscitate order and organ donation
Download in Spanish (translation by Hispanic Bar Association)
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Booklet with questions-and answers and fill-in-the-blank forms for durable power of attorney for health care (patient advocate designation), living will, non-hospital do-not-resuscitate order and organ donation
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Booklet with questions-and answers and fill-in-the-blank forms for durable power of attorney for health care (patient advocate designation), living will, non-hospital do-not-resuscitate order and organ donation
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Booklet with questions-and answers and fill-in-the-blank forms for durable power of attorney for health care (patient advocate designation), living will, non-hospital do-not-resuscitate order and organ donation
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Booklet with questions-and answers and fill-in-the-blank forms for durable power of attorney for health care (patient advocate designation), living will, non-hospital do-not-resuscitate order and organ donation
Download in Italian (translation by Vincenza Castiglione, JD)
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Booklet with questions-and answers and fill-in-the-blank forms for durable power of attorney for health care (patient advocate designation), living will, non-hospital do-not-resuscitate order and organ donation
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Booklet with questions-and answers and fill-in-the-blank forms for durable power of attorney for health care (patient advocate designation), living will, non-hospital do-not-resuscitate order and organ donation
Download in Bosnian-Croatian (translation by Ema Stefanova)
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Booklet with questions-and answers and fill-in-the-blank forms for mental health advance directive
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Booklet with questions-and answers and fill-in-the-blank forms for mental health advance directive
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Booklet with questions-and answers and fill-in-the-blank forms for mental health advance directive
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Guardianship
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Guide for person serving as a family or professional guardian as to duties to the individual and to the court
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Guide for person serving as a family or professional conservator as to duties to the individual and to the court
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Check-box form to be submitted to Michigan Supreme Court and Michigan Attorney General alleging wrongdoing by a professional guardian or failure of a judge to follow the law
Long Term Care
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Booklet explaining financial eligibility and services available through several Medicaid funded programs.
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Website comparing nursing homes on a number of quality factors
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Note: A 1978 law required the Michigan Department of Public Health (subsequently the Department of Community Health and later part of the Department of Health and Human Services) to "present the form of the contract." MCL333.21766(7). The Department has never done so.
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Wills and Estate Planning
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Booklet with questions-and-answers and fill-in-the-blank form
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Booklet with questions-and-answers and fill-in-the blank- form
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Download this document
Medicare and Medicaid
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Booklet explaining financial eligibility and services available through several Medicaid funded programs.
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Selected Agency Contacts
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1 (866) 485-9393
Works toward resolving issues concerning quality of care and quality of life of residents of nursing homes, adult foster homes and homes for the aging
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Sites to apply for Medicaid, Home Help and Food Assistance and to report suspected elder abuse
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Services available to those eligible to forestall or replace need for nursing home care
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Comprehensive program to forestall or prevent need for nursing home care, available in many areas of the state
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1- (800) 803-7174
Free information and counseling available on all types of health insurance
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Services to those age 60 or older include care management, caregiver support and health and wellness programs
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(517) 335-7622
barronk@michigan.gov
Fields complaints concerning improper actions and inactions of professional guardians and professional conservators, including public administrators