Obtain and coordinate community services (If needed)
- Obtain primary care physician
- Obtain mental health treatment: psychiatrist, case management
- Obtain direct care providers: nursing, home health care, housekeeping
 Provide consent for medical treatment
- Routine treatment by primary care physician/medical specialist
- Psychiatric treatment
- Surgery: inpatient/outpatient
- Hospital admission
- Nursing home admission
- Authorize do not resuscitate orders
- Authorize hospice treatment
- Authorize the withholding or withdrawing of treatments, leading to end of life
- Obtain an ethics consultation when appropriate
Manage Benefits
- Assist with ward’s governmental benefits
- Work with payee on ward’s budget
Secure Housing
- Determine a ward's housing needs
- Obtain appropriate housing (if applicable)
- Arrange for relocation, if necessary
- If current independent housing is not appropriate, close down the dwelling (house/apartment)
Make a funeral plan
- Determine the ward's religious beliefs and background
- Discuss end of life planning with ward (living will, health power of attorney, etc.)
- Establish a pre-need funeral with available resources (life insurance, savings)
Visit at least once a month
Communicate and collaborate with family, friends, caregivers and service providers
Attend Probate Court Hearings
Complete and submit annual reports to the Probate Court
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