Living Wills & Advanced Health Directive

The future can be equal parts promising and threatening. 根据你的个性，未知可能会让你感到兴奋或恐惧. Planning for the unknown, especially where your health is concerned, 能消除一些不确定性，给人带来极大的内心平静吗. 最好的准备时间就是现在，当你有能力这样做的时候. Estate planning laws are complicated. 确保你的独特情况和个人信仰被准确地反映出来, it is important to consult an attorney.

The estate planning attorneys at Church, Langdon, Lopp, Banet Law熟悉医疗预先指示的各个方面. The estate planning attorneys at Church, Langdon, Lopp, Banet Law了解这些话题的敏感性，并致力于为我们的每一位客户提供个人关注. 我们鼓励我们的客户坦率地说出他们的愿望，这样, together, 我们可以创建尽可能最好的文件，以控制未来的卫生保健挑战.

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What Is An Advance Directive?

立遗嘱决定你死后财产的处置是遗产规划的主要部分, but it’s only one element. 当你不能为自己说话时，拥有能为你说话的文件是每个人都应该拥有的另一个关键, regardless of age, health condition or financial ability. Health care advance directives are written, 允许您现在就未来的医疗护理作出决定的法律指示. 如果你得了绝症，它们会指导医疗专业人员和护理人员, seriously injured, in a coma, in the late stages of dementia or near the end of life. Unexpected end-of-life situations can happen at any age. Planning ahead can help avoid unnecessary suffering, 让你所爱的人在危机中不必做出艰难的决定, 并减少你想要代表你做出的选择的困惑.

Living Will

有许多可能的临终关怀决定适合在生前遗嘱中提出, such as mechanical ventilation, resuscitation, tube feeding, dialysis, antibiotics, palliative care and organ donation. A living will does not have to mention all life-extending options; just list your specific choices. 生前遗嘱免除了医疗保健专业人员按照您的医疗愿望进行人为管理的责任, 延长生命的治疗，只有当你无法表达这些愿望时才会咨询. To be invoked, 医生必须断定你不再有能力，并且必须证明你处于终末期医疗状况或持续植物人状态.

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您可以使用生前遗嘱指定一名医疗保健代表，根据您制定的指示和限制，代表您做出医疗决定.

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生前遗嘱必须在两名证人和一名公证人面前签署才能生效. Your witnesses cannot be your parent, spouse, child, physician, anyone who would inherit your assets, 或者任何为你的医疗负责的人. Inform your loved ones, your health-care representative, physician, 你的律师和其他医疗bet9九州体育登录提供者. 给他们复印件，但把原件放在一个安全、容易拿到的地方. If you receive a new serious diagnosis, have a change of marital status, 或者你对临终关怀的感受发生了变化, 考虑一下重新审视你的生前遗嘱，必要时再立一份新的.

Appointment Of A Health Care Representative

每个州对医疗保健代表的称呼不同. 与代表职务相同的人可称为保健代理人, proxy, surrogate, attorney-in-fact, or patient advocate. 医疗保健代表文件的任命类似于生前遗嘱中的医疗保健代表指定, except it can be executed on its own.

Do Not Resuscitate Order (DNR)

您不需要预先指示或生前遗嘱来获得DNR命令，说明您不希望在心脏骤停的情况下复苏. If you have only a DNR order, 确保你爱的人知道你的决定，并把表格放在容易找到的地方. 印第安纳州的法律中有条款来照顾那些身患绝症或疾病的人如果他们心脏病发作, 复苏可能是不成功的，或者在很短的时间内，他们会遭受反复的心力衰竭. If your heart stops beating or you stop breathing, DNR意味着不进行心肺复苏(CPR). Resuscitation encompasses mouth-to-mouth, direct cardiac injection, intravenous medication, electrical defibrillation, and open-chest cardiac massage.

We Can Help

无论你的情况或医疗愿望如何，遗产规划律师在 Church, Langdon, Lopp, Banet Law can help. 我们了解这些问题，并可以指导您完成整个过程，帮助您做出最好的决定. 我们的律师已经高效和有效地指导了许多人通过起草医疗预先指示的过程, and we look forward to working with you. 请致电812-725-8224与我们bet9九州体育登录线路，或填写 our online form.

In addition to New Albany, Indiana, 我们自豪地为整个肯塔基州地区的社区提供 estate planning lawyers in Louisville and estate planning attorneys in Jeffersonville. Likewise, our Corydon and Clarksville elder law attorneys 还帮助他们年迈的邻居应对生前遗嘱和预先指示所面临的挑战.

Attorney Steve Langdon

Licensed to practice in both Indiana and Kentucky, 史蒂夫·兰登是一位经验丰富的老年律师和出庭辩护律师. In addition to his litigation and trial work, Steve’s practice includes wills, trusts, probate, Medicaid planning, guardianship, powers of attorney, and advanced directive planning, 包括生前遗嘱和医疗代理指定. [ Attorney Bio ]

Attorney Gary Banet

加里在印第安纳州和肯塔基州都有执业律师执照. He concentrates his practice in estate planning, estate and trust administration, estate and trust litigation, guardianships, elder law and special-needs planning. Gary earned his J.D. from the University of Louisville, Louis D. 布兰代斯法学院毕业，曾在宾汉姆格林鲍姆多尔和怀亚特塔兰特律师事务所执业 & Combs. [ Attorney Bio ]