Comprehensive Advance Directive Planning in Rathdrum & Post Falls

Creating Your Living Will in Kootenai County

Advance directives are legal documents that allow you to direct your loved ones on how you would like to be cared for should you become incapacitated or unable to make decisions on your own. They are also referred to as living wills and health care directives. Advance directives give you the power to decide how you would like to be cared for in the event you are unable to communicate your wishes.

At our law firm, we provide estate planning services for residents of Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, and the surrounding areas. We can help you create an advance directive tailored to your specific wishes. We will make sure that your directives are clear and that your wishes are followed.

Call our office at (208) 486-0120 or contact us online to schedule an appointment with a skilled estate planning attorney.

Essential Components of Your Health Care Directive

An advance directive is a legal document that allows you to direct your loved ones on how you would like to be cared for should you become incapacitated or unable to make decisions on your own. Advance directives are also referred to as living wills and health care directives.

Your advance directive should include information on:

• How you would like to be cared for if you are unable to make decisions on your own
• Who will make medical decisions for you
• What type of life-sustaining procedures you would like to have performed
• Who you would like to make medical decisions for your minor children
• If you would like to be resuscitated
• If you would like to be placed on life support
• How you would like to be cared for if you are in a persistent vegetative state
• If you would like to donate your organs or tissues

Additionally, your advance directive should also include information on:

• Your religious beliefs
• Whether you would like to be kept comfortable or whether you would like your medical providers to do everything they can to extend your life
• Whether you would like to be in a hospital, nursing home, hospice facility, or at home
• If you would like to have medical procedures performed in order to extend your life
• If you would like to have life-sustaining procedures performed on you if you are not expected to live for more than 6 months
• If you would like to have life-sustaining procedures performed on you if you are not expected to live for more than 2 months
• How you would like to be cared for if you are in a coma
• What you would like to happen to you if you are pregnant and your life is in danger

Personalized Advance Directive Services in Coeur d'Alene & Surrounding Areas

Advance directives are legal documents that allow you to direct your loved ones on how you would like to be cared for should you become incapacitated or unable to make decisions on your own. Advance directives are also referred to as living wills and health care directives.

At our law firm, we provide estate planning services for residents of Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, and the surrounding areas. We can help you create an advance directive tailored to your specific wishes. We will make sure that your directives are clear and that your wishes are followed.

Call our office at (208) 486-0120 or contact us online to schedule an appointment with a skilled estate planning attorney.