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This publication was funded through

the Hawaii Justice Foundation

with Support from the William S. Richardson School of Law

DECIDING WHAT DOCUMENTS I NEED - FORMS FOR ELDER LAW

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Chapter 1: CAPACITY ISSUES

• Legal Usage of “Competency “ or “Incompetency”
• Incapacity, Memory Loss and Dementia
  (Major and Moderate Neurocognitive Disorder)
• Judicial Findings of Incapacity
• Determining Capacity
• Client Capacity Screen
• Types of Decisional Capacity
• Capacity in Making a Will
• Capacity to Make Health Care Decisions and Advance Health Care Directives
• Capacity and Undue Influence and the Adult Protective Services Act

Form 1: Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA)

Chapter 2: WILL AND RELATED DOCUMENTS

• What is a Will?
• Requirements for Making a Will
• Sample Will, including Self-Proved Will Document
• Sample Letter to My Personal Representative
• Affidavit for the Collection of the Personal Property of a Decedent
  

Form 2: Sample Will, Including Self-Proved Will Document
Form 3: Sample Letter to Personal Representative
Form 4: Affidavit for Collection of Personal Property of the Decedent
Form 5: Affidavit for Collection of Personal Property (Automobile) of the Decedent

Chapter 3: DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF YOUR BODY

• Written Instrument to Control Disposition of Remains
• Donation of Organs and Bodies
  
• Authority for the Disposition of Your Body Upon Death, including Funeral and Memorial Plans
  
• Donation of Body for Research Education Purposes—the Willed Body Program at the John A. Burns School of Medicine
  
• The Importance of Body Donation
  
• John A. Burns School of Medicine Willed Body Program Anatomical Gift Donation Form

Form 6: Written Instrument to Control Disposition of Remains
Form 7: Willed Body Program Anatomical Gift Donation Form

Chapter 4: HEALTH CARE DECISION-MAKING

• Advance Health Care Directives
• Medical Treatment and Informed Consent
• Uniform Health Care Decisions Act (Modified)
• Advance Directive Formats
• Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
• Individual Instructions for Health Care
• Execution and Witnessing
• What to Do with Your Advance Health Care Directive
• Revocation/Effectiveness of Advance Health Care Directives
• Immunities and Statutory Damages
• Veterans Administration Advance Directives
• POLST
• DNR
• Surrogate Decision Making
• Terminology and Guidelines
• Advance Mental Health Care Directives and Explanation
  

Form 8: Advance Health Care Directive (Short form)
Form 9: Advance Health Care Directive (Long form)
Form 10: Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Form
Form 11: Declaration of Authority to Act as Surrogate for a Patient
Form 12: Advance Mental Health Directive

Chapter 5: GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP AND ALTERNATIVES

• Guardianship
• Conservatorship
• Conservatorships for Estates Less than $10,000

Form 13: State of Hawai‘i Guardianship Court Forms

• Alternatives to Guardianship/Conservatorship
• Powers of Attorney
• Powers That Can Be Granted
• Construction of Authority Generally
• Termination of Power of Attorney or Agent's Authority
• Revocation of a Power of Attorney

Form 14: State of Hawai‘i Statutory Power of Attorney Form
Form 15: Revocation of Power of Attorney

Chapter 6: CAREGIVING

• Types of Caregivers
• Using a Professional Service Agency
• Benefits and Burdens of Being an Employer
• Checklist for Employers * Caution * Insurance
• Caregiving Contract

Form 16: Checklist For Employers

Chapter 7: KŌKUA PACKET - AN ORGANIZER FOR WHAT MATTERS TO ME