A Power of Attorney is needed for someone else to be able to take care of your personal business if you are too sick to care for it yourself. Likewise, Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions allows you to appoint a trusted friend or relative to make health care decisions for you if you are not able to communicate your desires to your physician or other health care providers. Finally, some people wish to state certain procedures that they always want or never want. A Living Will can be used for that.
There are two places you will be asked to fill out a Power of Attorney for Health Care, and a Living Will. The first is at your attorney’s office when you are calm, healthy and can reflect on the best person to speak for you in difficult times. The second is as you are admitted to the hospital, possibly under an emergency situation, when you are facing the uncertainty of surgery, you are sick and perhaps in pain, and you must quickly come up with a name to put on a hospital form. At the law office of Carolyn R. Simpson, we can help you handle these items in the attorney’s office rather than at the hospital emergency room. Contact us and get started today.
At Carolyn R. Simpson, Attorney at Law, LLC, we focus on estate planning for everyday people, at prices everyday people can afford. Work with us to create an estate plan, including a Will and/or Trust, Power of Attorney, Power of Attorney for Health Care and/or a Living Will for you.
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