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Nancy E. Lundebjerg, MPA Chief Executive Officer American Geriatrics Society Health in Aging Foundation Have you ever imagined a time when you are unable to make decisions for yourself? Who knows how you would make decisions? What information would you want? What do you think about life-prolonging treatments? Who knows how you feel about dying? Who knows you? Have you looked at that moment through the eyes of family who may have no—or every—legal authority to make decisions for you? Have you thought about the range of decisions that might need to be made for you—each decision likely leading to another decision and accompanied by concern that someone might not be doing what you would do if you were making this decision for yourself? We don’t