If you want your significant other (and not relatives) to make health decisions for you, make sure to update your medical power of attorney.

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You may also want to consider appointing a healthcare power of attorney to make medical decisions in the event that you are incapacitated by an injury.

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Your health care durable power of attorney should express whether you wish to receive medical care if, in the opinion of your physician, you are in a persistent vegetative state without hope of recovery, and medical care would only artificially delay your death.

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