Preparing for your “sunset days” is emotional, stressful, and just plain depressing. Forcing yourself to look beyond your time here on solid ground is never something that anyone wants to do, which is why so many individuals put off living trusts and wills until it’s too late, leaving family and friends in Arizona probate court trying to recovery your assets. Unexpected situations and tragedies can happen at any moment, and the best way that you can take care of your family is to be prepared.

End of Life Care

Just the term “end of life care” brings chills to the spine. When you bring up the subject, people instantly go on the offensive or change the subject. Finding the courage and strength to face this discussion head-on is the responsible thing to do in order to take care of family while you’re sick and after you leave.

Advance Directives

You might know exactly how you want your assets distributed after you’re gone. Your friends and family might know exactly what you want, what to do with your assets and finances, what charities to donate to, and who’s going to take care of the pets. In the legal arena, it doesn’t matter who knows what and how well they know it, if there is no legal documents stating the end of life plan, all of that knowledge means nothing.

Advance directives, technically speaking, are “written (legal) instructions regarding your medical care preferences.” If you should fall into a coma, or are not able to speak for yourself and represent yourself in matter of your finances and assets, if there is no legal document stating your wishes there is no legal right that anyone has to help you out.

Arizona Living Will

I cannot stress how important it is to have an Arizona living will. This legal document, written up by a professional such as an attorney, will state all of your final wishes in a legal format. In terms of end of life care, this legal document will state what life-sustaining measures you want and don’t want, and what treatments you accept and deny. If you cannot speak for yourself, this document does all of the work for you.

Arizona Medical Power of Attorney

You want to put your family first when considering end of life care, but in this one circumstance you’ll need to be thinking of yourself first. By designating an individual, usually a family member, to make the tough medical decisions that you’re not able to make in the case of a coma or worse, you are not only protecting yourself you are also protecting them. By placing them in charge of your medical decisions, they should be familiar with your living will and your final wishes.

Keep in mind that a medical power of attorney will not allow that person to make financial decisions for you, which brings us to our next topic:

Arizona Living Trust

A living trust will protect your assets, and it crucial to including in the end of life care discussions. This is one of those legal documents that often gets overlooked when considering powers of attorney and living wills, but it’s just as important. Should you fall into a coma or are not able to  speak for yourself, or worse, this living trust will protect your assets and keep your family out of probate court.

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