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I work in skilled nursing facilities- Nursing Homes. To outsiders, generally family members, this is what is most mind-blowing: We can't make the Patient or Resident "do" anything.For instance, your loved one comes to us after a few days in the hospital being treated for a UTI, and she's a bit ga-ga (elders who get UTIs generally have a few cognition issues from all the toxins in their bloodstream) and keeps trying to get out of bed herself but is weak, so she falls and gets bumped and bruised. "Can't you put siderails on the bed so she can't get out?" No, and think about it: If she climbs over the siderail anyway, now she falls from a higher height, and can get caught in the siderails and break bones, too. Bad idea. "Well can't you tie a sheet across her so she can't get up?" No, that would be what's called a 'restraint', and we cannot restrain people. "So you just let her fall?!" What we can do is lower her bed to the floor, place mats on either side, and yes, let her do as she pleases. Of course, her rising from floor level to a standing position is very unlikely, so she's safer than any of your other suggestions."What do you mean Dad won't take his medications? Can't you make him?" No, he has rights, and one of his rights is to refuse medical treatment. "But if he doesn't take that medication he'll die/get sick/start seeing giant bluebirds of happiness! He MUST take the medicine!" We understand that, the problem is, we are not allowed, by law, to force anyone to do anything; they are US citizens with Constitutional rights to freedom."I want my sister to get up out of that bed and go to activities! She needs to get out of her funk!" Agreed- however, if she says "no", then there is nothing I can do; I cannot force her to play Bingo. "But she used to love Bingo! She played at the church twice a week! If you make her go a couple times, I'm sure she'll like it." I understand, but she gets to choose. I'll do everything I can to encourage her, but if she says no, the answer is no.I just worked with one family where the wife was terminal- colon cancer- and on Hospice, yet was a full code (meaning we will attempt to resuscitate if her heart stops; the opposite of a Do Not Resuscitate. Don't ask me how that works with Hospice, I didn't realize it was possible, but it is). She wanted to live long enough to see a new grandbaby born next month. The husband was watching his wife wither before his eyes, and came to me (I was covering Social Services that week, too) and asked if he could sign a DNR for her. He did not have Power of Attorney. I had to tell him no; his wife was her own person; without Power of Attorney, no one else could make decisions for her at this time. She was dying; there was no doubt of it, but she was her own person- no one else had the right to take her choice away from her.She did die- that night. We called the code, but, thankfully, she was already gone.In the US, you retain your rights until a Court takes them away from you. Even if you have given someone else Power of Attorney for yourself, you still retain the right to break that contract at any time. In the nursing home setting, we must respect your rights, no matter what the consequences to you- or your family- may be. We can encourage, but we cannot coerce or force.

I am a notary public in the state of California. I can tell you about the process. You can get the template from this link: “https://www.icicibank.com/managed-assets/docs/nri/forms/POAall.pdf”. Since it is to be executed in the U.S. it can be typed on a plain A-4 sheet. Get it notarized by a notary public. Send it to the secretary of state of your state (SOS) with appropriate fees (it may be around $20.00) to get it apostilled. (“United States Apostille - Document Certification”). You should mention in the cover letter to the SOS that it is for use in India. Once apostilled, it becomes a legal document for use in India. It need not then be authenticated by the Indian consulate (as per the notification by the Indian consulate in their website). The Power of Attorney mentioned in the POA has to get it adjudicated with the Registrar of his place. Once adjudicated, it can be used by the POA holder to execute the required documents on behalf of the executant. I have notarized hundreds of POAs to be registered in Tamilnadu. I have not come across any instance where a life certificate from a doctor to the effect that the executant is alive was insisted. In fact, when the document is notarized by a notary public, he certifies that the executant has presented himself before the notary and produced the required documentary evidence to prove that he was the person who is mentioned in the document as the executant. This itself proves that the executant was alive on the date of execution of the document. As such, requiring a life certificate from a doctor is illogical and inappropriate.

You can't patent an 'idea", you need to show a way it can be implemented by someone "skilled in the art."For example, you can't just patent "a language translator" app. You need to show how one can go on and build one. You can provide as many references as you want, but be careful, you do need some novelty from your side, because simple combinations can be deemed "obvious" by the patent office.Here is one approach. Take your power point presentation you will give to VCs.Now add some information (can be slides, can be a word document) on how one can build the app. Staple all together, add a cover sheet, and file a provisional application. Within a year, if you have funding, ask a patent agent or attorney to write and file a real patent application.