End of Life Planning-Talk To Your Aging Parents

As your parents get older, you start to worry more about their health and what will happen in the event that one or both die. It is never to late to sit down and talk with your parents about end-of-life planning. There are issues that you and your parents can talk about and then go see a Scottsdale lawyer that specializes in creating and notarizing these types of plans.

1. You will want to discuss whom they would like to make decisions for them if they are not able to. Who will make the financial and health care decisions? For one person, taking on responsibilities for both finances and health care, might be too much to handle, so it might be best to have to separate people taking care of one or the other.

2. While talking to a Scottsdale lawyer, you will want to go over medical treatments and what your parents prefer and do not prefer, what is acceptable to them. Do your parents wish to be resuscitated if they stop breathing or do they want a DNR (do not resuscitate)? Other medical treatments might be, do they wish to be hospitalized or would they like to remain at home if they are seriously ill or injured.

3. Your Scottsdale lawyer will also inform you and your parents that if their wishes are not something that you or someone else agrees with, then it is best if they choose someone who does. This will make things go a lot smoother when the time comes in dealing with their death.

4. Another concern that your Scottsdale lawyer should make you aware of, is that the hospital or doctor that is taking care of you can refuse your stated wishes if they happen to go against their policies or standards.

There is a lot of information that has to be covered when discussing end-of-life planning with your parents. Many choices are to be made and it can be a lot for one person to handle, so it might be best to have your parents discuss their wants and needs with the whole family. A Scottsdale lawyer can help you and your parents with any decisions that you are unsure of or unaware of.

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