Name the work before naming the person. Separate practical help and access to information from legal authority. Give each role a backup.
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Choose the right person for each responsibility, separate information access from decision authority, and name a backup who knows how to begin.
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Prepare for admission, the hospital stay, and the return home—name who can receive information, make decisions, and help when the first person is unavailable.
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Name who could coordinate care and who may act. Connect those roles with care settings, available resources, and the changes that should prompt a review.
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