Estate and Probate Attorney in Cincinnati Ohio » power of attorney for health care http://www.ohioprobateanswers.com Cincinnati Probate Attorneys: Elliott Stapleton, D. Todd Rush, and John Cornetet Thu, 05 Jan 2017 20:48:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.39 What is a Power of Attorney for Health Care? http://www.ohioprobateanswers.com/estate-planning/what-is-a-power-of-attorney-for-health-care/ http://www.ohioprobateanswers.com/estate-planning/what-is-a-power-of-attorney-for-health-care/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:25:24 +0000 http://032b5f3.netsolhost.com/wordpress/?p=40 Read more]]> 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 or to operate.  You may also give the agent the power to remove life support including feeding tubes and hydration at the end of your life.

]]> http://www.ohioprobateanswers.com/estate-planning/what-is-a-power-of-attorney-for-health-care/feed/ 0 What Is a Basic Estate Plan? http://www.ohioprobateanswers.com/estate-planning/what-is-a-basic-estate-plan/ http://www.ohioprobateanswers.com/estate-planning/what-is-a-basic-estate-plan/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:22:03 +0000 http://032b5f3.netsolhost.com/wordpress/?p=34 Read more]]> The term estate planning is very broad and encompasses everything from preparing a basic power of attorney to complex planning.  The process of estate planning simply means creating written legal documents to define your wishes for a period when you are unable to communicate due to incapacity or death.  Some people comment, “I don’t need an estate plan because I don’t have anything”.  But these legal documents are necessary even if you don’t have much in the way of assets.

A basic estate plan can include one or more of the following legal documents:

  • Last Will and Testament
  • Power of Attorney
  • Power of Attorney for Health Care
  • Living Will
  • Revocable Living Trust

Each of these documents is described in more detail in the next five questions.

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