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    Visiting Nurse Home Care & Hospice of Carroll County and Western Maine is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization

    licensed by the States of New Hampshire and Maine, a Medicare Certified Home Health Agency

    and a Medicare Certified Hospice. 

     

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    What Happens If I Don’t Have an Agent to Make Healthcare Decisions?

    8 Jan 2015

    It may sound like a scene from a soap opera – family members gathered around the hospital bed of an unconscious loved one, arguing about what should be done next. In reality, many New Hampshire residents have found themselves in just that situation only to discover that there was no automatic legal authority for families to take over healthcare decision-making power for a loved one.

     

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    Home Care Matters Blog

    For several years, our agency has written a column called HOME CARE MATTERS, published in the Conway Daily Sun, in which we address many of the healthy aging issues facing our community. Read our latest column or search the archives for a particular column. Use the tag words to find articles on a special subject.