[ONGOING POWER OF ATTORNEY].

INTRODUCTION: Amendment no. 18 to the Legal Capacity and Guardianship Law, 5722-1962, introduced a new concept in Israel - Ongoing Power of Attorney. This is a comprehensive digital legal document which enables an adult, while possessing full cognitive and mental abilities, to determine in advance who will look after his or her interests - medical, financial and personal - in the future, should he or she become incapacitated to manage them. This enables him to provide detailed instructions as to how the appointed person should act. This special (Ongoing) POA allows one to plan the future and live by one's choices and is in accordance with medical ethics principle of autonomy.