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So if there is family let them know that brother is the second. If he is gone then whomever is family can step up and doctors will listen to them especially if they hold the advanced directives. Social workers at hospital will assist and can call a judge for temporary guardianship rights.
But a POA cannot be changed once the person who conferred it, the subject, is no longer competent to make changes. You can hire a Licensed Fiduciary, but once YOU are also gone, his or her ability to act is basically gone.
I wouldn't overworry this one. Having been in hospitals there is no way that an elder will be subjected to prolonged and onerous treatments to no avail in the absence of family demanding it be done.