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Who should be a supported decision-maker?
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The person being supported chooses. Family can offer ideas and help, but the person decides who supports them, whether that is family, friends or a professional agency. The same goes when they name someone in a health care directive or as an authorized representative.
Key points
- The choice belongs to the person served.
- Families can support the decision.
- Agencies can serve too.
Katie HestnessEducation Navigator, Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota · Guest presenter
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We need to make sure we’re talking about the whole, all of the options involved. Kind of getting to the discussion and options, how do families and their loved ones choose the people who are going to serve in the role as a supported decision-maker? Well, under that practice of support decision-making, it really does fall on the person served to choose who that’s going to be. Families can help give ideas and help support, but if I’m looking for help with supported decision-making, like if I’m writing a healthcare directive, if I’m writing an authorized rep, if I’m doing any of that for myself, I am the one choosing who that’ll be, maybe with the support and influence of families.
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