{"id":7960,"date":"2019-02-19T15:25:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T22:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/?p=7960"},"modified":"2019-01-31T15:27:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T22:27:47","slug":"the-living-will-and-power-of-attorney-for-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/the-living-will-and-power-of-attorney-for-health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"THE LIVING WILL AND POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

As an estate planning attorney for 20 years, I have often seen many clients gamble with their future by not having their estate planning documents completed. It\u2019s interesting because these same individuals would never gamble with their money or with the lives of their family members or loved ones and yet they seem indifferent about the gamble they are taking with their own lives. In particular, most individuals seem indifferent about the fact that at some point in their life they may need help from someone else in making medical or health care decisions. Additionally, many individuals never believe that they will ever find themselves in a terminal condition and on life support.<\/p>\n

The purpose of this article is to convince you that you should get your estate planning done that would include a living will and power of attorney for health care. The reason again for this is so that you are not gambling with your own life.<\/p>\n

Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney As an estate planning attorney for 20 years, I have often seen many clients gamble with their future by not having their estate planning documents completed. It\u2019s interesting because these same individuals would never gamble with their money or with the lives of their family members or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-estate-planning"],"yoast_head":"\nTHE LIVING WILL AND POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE — Idaho Law Blog — February 19, 2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By Lane V. 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