Why Advance Directives Are So Important for Your Estate Plan

Advanced health care directives, often called living wills, are the set of wishes and plans you put in place for your care in the event you become incapacitated. Suppose you do not have a living will in place, then the decisions about how long to prolong care and whether or not to donate organs fall to your loved ones. And that’s a burden they don’t have to carry.

At Griffin & Cain, Attorneys at Law, PC, we get how hard it is to think about your future in these terms. Getting older and losing your ability to make decisions is scary. We help our clients in Conroe and across the state of Texas
build their estate plans and provide their families with the guides and help they need for the future.

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What Makes Up a Living Will?

Advanced directives are plural for a reason, and that is a good thing because there are many scenarios that you may have complicated thoughts about regarding your health. The basic documents include:

Do Not Resuscitate orders: These can include both in-hospital and out-of-hospital (OOH-DNR) versions, which dictate how medical personnel – EMTs, nurses and doctors – treat you.
End-of-life care guidance: Hospice care in a facility vs. at home is a question for many people. Many estate plans also include insurance policies to mitigate extended home care costs.
Advanced care planning: Incapacitated individuals can live for a long time while unable to make decisions, this part dictates how they’d like to be cared for.
Medical power of attorney: For decisions not outlined in other parts of your advanced directives, your medical power of attorney can make health decisions for you.

Every medical question needs an answer before doctors and the rest of the medical team can proceed. Spending some time answering those questions now will save someone you love a lot of pain and agonize later when major decisions arise.

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Why Advance Directives Are So Important for Your Estate Plan

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