News, 1 in 4 will need health decisions made for them. (older, medicare, love)

[JD59]

NEW YORK - A significant number of the elderly — more than one in four — will eventually need someone to make end-of-life decisions about their medical care, a new study suggests.

The results illustrate the value of people making their wishes known in a living will and designating someone to make treatment decisions for them, the researchers said.

1 in 4 will need health decisions made for them - Health care- msnbc.com

[AADAD]

Good post. good information as we get older.........

[Chrris]

Nice Post

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[linicx]

I think The hardest thing to do, next to burying a loved one, is to give up control over your life to another person. The entire idea terrifies me a lot more than dying.