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Can you help your adult kids in a medical emergency?

by Karen Curtiss | Nov 29, 2022 | Conversations, HIPAA, Medical

Plan to visit with your adult kids over the holidays? Might be a good time to consider these “facts of life” together!    We’ve shared this article with you before, and parents tell us it’s an eye-opener they appreciate. I share it from a...

Can you help your older kids in a medical crisis? Probably not.

by Karen Curtiss | Jul 19, 2022 | Conversations, HIPAA, Medical

Are you sure you can help your older kids in a medical emergency? Unless you have 2 legal documents signed by your child, medical providers have to treat you like a stranger — and that’s the law. Did you know your college “kid” is an independent adult when...

Will You Be Able to Help Your College-Age Child in a Medical Emergency?

by Karen Curtiss | Jul 15, 2019 | HIPAA

  Unless you have 2 legal documents signed by your child, medical providers have to treat you like a stranger — and that’s the law.  Upon age 18, everyone becomes responsible for their own medical decisions unless they give consent for others to be...

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