You are here: Home Day to Day Living Travel With A ... How To Prepare ... Revisit Advance ...
Information about all aspects of finances affected by a serious health condition. Includes income sources such as work, investments, and private and government disability programs, and expenses such as medical bills, and how to deal with financial problems.
Information about all aspects of health care from choosing a doctor and treatment, staying safe in a hospital, to end of life care. Includes how to obtain, choose and maximize health insurance policies.
Answers to your practical questions such as how to travel safely despite your health condition, how to avoid getting infected by a pet, and what to say or not say to an insurance company.

How To Prepare For Travel After A Diagnosis

Revisit Advance Healthcare Directives and take a copy with you.

Next » « Previous

5/8

While planning a trip it makes sense to revisit the documents that cover what happens if medical decisions need to be made, but for some reason you can't make them -- particularly Advance Healthcare Directives such as your Living Will and Healthcare Proxy. (For information about advance health care directives, including what they are, who to choose to represent you, and tips to tell them about enforcing your wishes, click here.)

Be sure the person or people named to make decisions in your advance directives will be available 24 hours a day during your trip. If not, consider preparing another set of documents naming someone else who will be available during that time.  When you get home, rip up the temporary directives. 

Carry a copy of your advance healthcare directivefs with you when you travel "just in case." 

To Learn More

More Information

Advance Directives

Please share how this information is useful to you. 0 Comments

 

Post a Comment Have something to add to this topic? Contact Us.

Characters remaining:

  • Allowed markup: <a> <i> <b> <em> <u> <s> <strong> <code> <pre> <p>
    All other tags will be stripped.