The person that you designate as your
Living Will agent should be someone you know and trust. The statutes of most states require that your agent be an adult. In addition, under most circumstances, your agent cannot be your health care provider (for example, a physician, nurse, employee, officer, director, or operator of a home health agency, hospital, nursing home, or residential care facility), unless that person is related to you. Thus, in selecting an agent for your
Living Will, you should not designate a person who is (or may become) directly involved in providing health care to you, unless that person is your spouse or a family member.
If there are two people that you would like to serve as your agent, you can name one as an alternate agent.
Some states refer to the Agent as an "Attorney-in-Fact," "Health Care Agent," "Health Care Proxy," "Health Care Representative," "Patient Advocate," "Proxy" or "Surrogate."