to pre-plan for such things, a person can be designated as
legal authority for such decisions...a "power of attorney"
or other legal document can be arrnged for., in medical care
as well as financial questions. These arrangements need to be
made while the person is "of sound mind and body" OOPs...
i guess that leaves me out!! too late to make these arrangements...
a personal representative can be appointed by a lawyer....
in the U.S. I believe this is how it is done...