Caregivers as Partners in Care Teams - Legal Aspects of Caregiving

Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Anaheim, CA, Teleconference, Orange, CA


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours)

CAP-CT Presents the legal and social roles of caregivers and the implications for healthcare teams.  Learn from the experts how primary care clinicians and their teams can navigate financial planning and legal issues in caregiving from Advanced Care Planning to Fiduciary and Trustee.

1. Understand key roles and responsibilities of caregivers, including legal terms.
2. Describe how and when to identify members of a patient's caregiving team, particularly around financial and medical decisions.
3. Demonstrate ways to document caregiving teams and their legal status, i.e. power of attorney, healthcare proxy and VA fiduciary

Legal Aspects of Caregiving (Live - 60 minutes):

This live course provides practical guidance on navigating the legal and planning issues that frequently arise when working with patients and their family caregivers. Early identification of the legal roles of caregivers and knowing who matters to the patient facilitates better care. The course is for interprofessional care teams, with a focus on primary care.

Objectives:

1. Understand key roles and responsibilities of caregivers, including legal terms

2. Describe how and when to identify members of a patient’s caregiving team, particularly around medical and financial decisions

3. Demonstrate ways to document caregiving teams and their legal status, i.e., power of attorney, healthcare proxy, and VA fiduciary

This session is designed to support providers and care teams in delivering person- and family-centered, legally informed care.

ADA Statement: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, we will make every reasonable effort to accommodate your request.  For any special requests, please contact the activity administrator before the meeting date.

The University of California, Irvine School of Medicine adheres to ACCME Criteria, Standards and Policies regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosure of faculty and their commercial relationships will be made prior to the activity.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Continuing Medical Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Wednesday, February 25, 2026