Do you have a LIVING WILL?

[AviatorTom]

A Living Will is a written, legal document that provides instructions for your medical care, or for the termination of medical support, in certain circumstances.

A Living Will defines your wishes for the use or discontinuation of life-sustaining treatments. They’re used if you become incapacitated and unable to communicate the way you normally do. It includes instructions about the use of resuscitation if you stop breathing or your heart stops beating, as well as instructions about life-sustainment measures. These include getting hydration or nutrition through a feeding tube if your body or brain stops functioning naturally. It should also include who you designate to make decisions for you if you are unable when the Living Will does not clearly specify what to do in a certain situation.

It is recommended that everyone have a Living Will.

Do you have one?

[OlderAndWiser]

In Florida, the advance planning documents are the living will, as you described; designation of health care surrogate, which designates a person to make medical decisions for you if you are unable to communicate (but not terminally ill; and declaration of preneed guardian, in which you select the person to serve as your guardian if you lose all your marbles and are declared incompetent.

Yes, I have all of those documents.

[OlderAndWiser]

Thanks for MHO!

[BCRanger10]

Yes, my cousin is still alive 😆

C'mon, gimme some!

[ShesRad80]

not yet but on the cusp of moving my ass to do it. i have no family left so, in the next year or so ill have it all figured out with charities and stuff who gets what

[Sparkie460]

That's really sad.

[ShesRad80]

@Sparkie460 i have had a crazy wild ride of life, i dont regret anything my friend

[SaoirseS]

Yes, a Living Trust, Living Will, and Advance Directive for Health Care are all part of my estate planning.

[Amy10223]

Ys, I do. It has all the details I need in one too.

[purplepoppy]

No I just trust people I know to listen to medical advice and do the right thing.

[Sparkie460]

Yes I do. When my wife was pregnant with our first child we both had wills made up. We actually need to amend them since we had another child and we have a house

[exitseven]

No, I keep threatening to write one but have not done it yet

[ProbablyClueless]

Nah. I need to have one prepared though. Something I should do within the next year.

[msc545]

nope...