Caregivers as Partners in Care Teams - Legal Matters

Caregivers as Partners in Care Teams - Legal Matters is organized by University of California, Irvine (UCI) School of Medicine and will be held on May 06, 2025.

Description:
CAP-CT Presents the legal and social roles of caregivers and the implications for healthcare teams.  Learn from the experts how primary care clinicians and their teams can navigate financial planning and legal issues in caregiving from Advanced Care Planning to Fiduciary and Trustee.

Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity, learners will be able to:

• Understand key roles and responsibilities of caregivers, including legal terms.
• Describe how and when to identify members of a patient's caregiving team, particularly around financial and medical decisions.
• Demonstrate ways to document caregiving teams and their legal status, i.e. power of attorney, healthcare proxy and VA fiduciary.