Health Care Instructions and Financial Directives

Decisions regarding the level of health care given in potential life-ending situations is an important aspect of personal planning and should be made by the person affected long before the situation arises. We know how to prepare a properly worded and effective health care directive, empowering a trusted relative or friend to put a client's wishes into effect if the client is unable to do so by often drafting the following:
 

• A living will that conveys your wishes for discontinued life support and treatment in the event there is no medical expectation of recovery.
• A health care power of attorney that, in the event of your incapacity, authorizes your physician or other health care providers to deal directly with your appointee for their determination of health care treatment and decision making.