T. Andrew PerkinsRachel Arndt

PETERSON WAGGONER & PERKINS, LLP

Living Wills & Health Care Representatives

What is NOT covered today

• Last Will and Testaments• Powers of Attorney (POA)• Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Orders• Any Medicare of Medicaid Issues

Living Will

Expresses your wish toward end-of-life decisions involving the use of “extraordinary measures”

Not a substitute for your doctor discussing your wishes with you in person.

Living Will

When will it matter? If you have an “incurable injury,

disease or illness” and life prolonging procedures would

serve only to artificially prolong the dying process; and

Your doctor confirms this in writing.

Appointment of Health Care Representative

a.k.a., “Health Care Power of Attorney”

Allows Representative to make health care decisions if the patient can no longer do so.