For many years, medical professionals have encouraged patients to develop advance healthcare directives and set up healthcare proxy documents. With the spread of COVID-19, these recommendations more imperative than ever before. What is a Healthcare Proxy? You can establish legal documents allowing another person to serve as your healthcare proxy. Your chosen proxy then hasRead more
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Estate planning is not just about protecting your financial assets and leaving behind your possessions to your heirs. It is also about making important healthcare decisions that may protect you as you age or become ill. For many people, the prospect of discussing their end-of-life care preferences is not particularly enticing. It is unpleasant toRead more
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced people to confront their mortality, and their health care directives, in a more serious way than they ever have before. The serious health outcomes associated with the virus can include life-threatening respiratory conditions, long-term stays in hospitals and incapacitation. Given the threat the virus poses, there has never been aRead more
The COVID-19 pandemic understandably has people reviewing their estate plans – or in some cases, finally getting down to starting the estate planning process. It has become even more important for people planning their estate to do so in a way that will avoid probate. Now is the time to make sure you are takingRead more
An Advance Directive allows you to dictate the kinds of treatments you do and do not want at the end of your life. It comprises documents such as a health care proxy (or health care power of attorney) and living will. As you prepare your estate plan, you might wonder exactly what you should includeRead more