In this world of COVID-19, keeping your estate planning up to date, especially your healthcare guidelines and living will, has never been more important. We have all seen on the news the state of hospitals today, overrun with coronavirus patients to the point where visitors and their families are not allowed in.
If you need to go to the hospital and you cannot speak for yourself due to an injury or disability, your doctor will need to contact your health care worker for instructions. This is where your health care power of attorney and your life will come in handy.
As long as you can speak and communicate competently with your doctor, you make all of the decisions about your health care. It’s your right as an American. But if the time is to come when you cannot speak, the question is whether you will live or die. If you can only speak to the doctor …
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