Who Speaks for You? Making Your Health Care Wishes Known.

Host: Jenna Olitsky, PAH and HHT patient, PHA’s Patient and Caregiver Education Committee member Guest: Silvana Saleme Mooney, MSN, APRN, nurse practitioner with the Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program at the Medical University of South Carolina On this episode, host Jenna Olitsky, a PAH patient and estate planning attorney, and nurse practitioner Silvana Mooney discuss how advance health care directives, health care power of attorney documents, HIPAA authorizations, and Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) forms work in real-life medical situations. This episode is not legal or medical advice, but an educational conversation designed to help listeners better understand how these tools can support their care, reduce confusion and ensure their voices are heard when it matters most. Visit Health Care Planning: conversations, decisions, and directives - PH Association to learn more.