{"id":7892,"date":"2018-07-04T09:17:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T16:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/?p=7892"},"modified":"2018-07-17T12:01:44","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T19:01:44","slug":"7892-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/7892-2\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVING WILL AND OTHER END OF LIFE DOCUMENTS: WHAT DO YOU NEED?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Lane V. Erickson<\/a>, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney<\/p>\n

The best part of estate planning for me is helping each individual client with their own specific needs. When I am done crafting an estate plan for a client, I know that it does exactly what my client wants because I spend the time helping my client understand each of the options available to them. \u00a0My clients then make informed and well-thought out decisions about what they actually want in the estate planning.<\/p>\n

In going through this process I have found that misunderstandings about Living Wills and other end-of-life documents are common. The reality is there are many documents a person can choose from when it comes to making end-of-life decisions. \u00a0These documents may sound like they do the same things but they don\u2019t.\u00a0\u00a0 The purpose of this article is to help you understand what each of the various end-of-life documents can do for you. The main end of life documents include the do-not-resuscitate form, commonly known as a DNR, a standard living will, and a Physician Order for Scope of Treatment that people most often call a POST form. Below is a discussion of these documents so that you will have a better understanding of which document or combination so documents may be right for you.<\/p>\n

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