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Skilled nursing facility residents appointing health care decision makers.

Summary by Lake County Record-Bee
Residents at Skilled Nursing Facilities (“SNF’s”) are well advised to have a an Advanced Health Care Directive (“AHCD”), with an authorized agent (health care decisionmaker) in place to make decisions regarding medical treatment and placement.  However, a SNF still cannot require the execution of an AHCD as a condition to providing services (Probate Code Section 5677). In California, “A patient is presumed to have the capacity to make a health c…

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Lake County Record-Bee broke the news in on Saturday, March 29, 2025.
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