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Advanced Directives and Living Wills
A Living Will is the popular name for a document spelling out the general kinds of medical care you would want - or not
want - in the event you become unable to communicate with your health care providers. Other names for a Living Will
are a "medical directive" or "medical declaration." A Living Will does NOT impact who gets your property or who is
your Personal Representative or Guardian of your minor children - those items are included in your regular Will.
An Advance Health Care Directive is a written set of instructions expressing your wishes for medical treatment. It may
contain a health care power of attorney, where you name a person called a "health care agent" or "proxy" to decide
treatment for you, and a Living Will, where you tell your health care agent and health care providers your choices
regarding the initiation, continuation, withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment and other specific directions.
©2007-2011 Yardley Estate Planning, LLC. All rights reserved.
A Living Will is the popular name for a document spelling out the general kinds of medical care you would want - or not
want - in the event you become unable to communicate with your health care providers. Other names for a Living Will
are a "medical directive" or "medical declaration." A Living Will does NOT impact who gets your property or who is
your Personal Representative or Guardian of your minor children - those items are included in your regular Will.
An Advance Health Care Directive is a written set of instructions expressing your wishes for medical treatment. It may
contain a health care power of attorney, where you name a person called a "health care agent" or "proxy" to decide
treatment for you, and a Living Will, where you tell your health care agent and health care providers your choices
regarding the initiation, continuation, withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment and other specific directions.
©2007-2011 Yardley Estate Planning, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Michael J. Garry, CFP®, JD/MBA, owner of Yardley Estate Planning, LLC, is an
Estate Planning lawyer licensed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey whose practice
is based in Newtown, PA.
Estate Planning lawyer licensed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey whose practice
is based in Newtown, PA.