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What is a Living Will?

admin — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:25:55 +0000

A living will is the legal document where you declare your wishes concerning the end of your life. In the final stages of your life, you can indicate your desire concerning artificial life support, treatment or the termination of treatment. The document indicates your decision on DNR orders, the removal of feeding tubes, and the removal of hydration. This document gives instructions to your family, your doctors, and your health care agent concerning the end of your life.

What is a Power of Attorney for Health Care?

admin — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:25:24 +0000

This power of attorney is for medical and health related decisions. You name an agent who will have the power to: give and receive medical information; hire and fire health care workers; select nursing homes; and give informed consent to treat...
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What is a Power of Attorney?

admin — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:23:54 +0000

A power of attorney is sometimes called a general power of attorney or a durable power of attorney. Essentially you name a person to handle legal and financial matters for you if you cannot because of a mental or physical disability. The agent is the person who you appoint. They stand in your shoes having the ability to pay your bills, collect assets, sell assets, manage investment assets, file tax returns, and the like. If you have a certificate of deposit that is coming due and you want it rolled over into a new certificate of deposit at a different bank, your agent has the power to collect the certificate at the old bank and open the new one under your name.