Most Commonly Forgotten Items to Pack for a Dorm Move

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@twoinanddone

The suggesting in the article was not to keep it on the parents’ phones, but to put a copy in the car’s glove compartment. That’s what I thought was silly.

Agree. Writer of the article got it wrong. You need it on your person, not in the car.

@twoinanddone

If the example of the kid playing soccer and needing to go to the ER, the kid is either unconscious and the ER will treat her or she’s conscious and she’ll either be able to give permision to talk to the parents or agree to her own treatment.

I think the medical POA is more useful for enabling parents to talk to the doctors/nurses. As in the example in the article, if your 18+ kid is in emergency surgery and you are 400 miles away and call the hospital for info, they’ll tell you to get lost. If you have the medical POA or HIPAA release, you can fax it or email it over to them along with a photo of your driver’s license.