Medical Directives And Powers Of Attorney For California

Medical Directives & Powers of Attorney for California helps families avoid legal problems if they ever become unable to make healthcare or financial decisions for themselves. Step by step, it takes readers through the creation of an: Advance Health Care Directive Durable Power of Attorney for Finance Do Not Resuscitate Order This book also contains a wallet card you can use to alert others to the existence of your advance directive, plus forms you can use if you ever want to revise or revoke a document. All forms are available as tear-outs and on a CD-ROM.

Create a living will and more with all the forms and information California families need. Living Wills & Powers of Attorney for California helps families avoid legal problems if they ever become unable to make health care or financial decisions for themselves. Step by step, it takes readers through the creation of a: . Living Will (known as an "Advance Health Care Directive") . Durable Power of Attorney for Finance . Do Not Resuscitate Order You'll also get a wallet card you can use to alert others to the existence of your advance directive, plus forms you can use if you ever want to revise or revoke a document. The fully updated 3rd edition of Living Wills & Powers of Attorney for California offers all-new material to walk you through the intricacies of planning final arrangements, along with expanded information on making difficult medical choices. Plus, your pets will be able to get the care they need in an emergency with the updated durable financial power of attorney. Nolo has dozens of products created just for California residents. -- Download forms for book at nolo.com

[This book covers the following topics:] An Advance Health Care Directive, also called a "living will." It lets you state your wishes for health care if you become incapacitated and name a trusted person who will work with health care providers to be sure you get the kind of care you want. A Durable Power of Attorney for Finances to appoint the person of your choice to manage your finances for you if you no longer can. This book also explains Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) forms, which alert emergency medical personnel not to administer extreme life-saving measures, and POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) forms."--