subject: Have A Last Will And Testament Made Today [print this page] A last will and testament is a great thing to consider putting together before you are being kept alive by health care treatment . Health care prices are going up and up as time goes on faster than people's income is. A last will and testament is a good idea in case of a serious accident or illness leaving you in a hospital bed, kept alive by machines and health care providers. A last will and testament will save your family from having to make a very tough decision. It will also save the executor of the living will stress from all the medical bills from the health care. Although a last will and testament will not bring you back, it will make things easier for your family knowing that it was your will and by law they have to carry out your wishes.
A last will and testament is a legal document that allows someone else to make the decision of stopping your life and health care treatment if you are kept alive only by machines. It is the decision of the person who the last will and testament was left to. A last will and testament or living will is a way to make it legal so that nobody can be taken to court because of their decision.
For the protection of the person who has the last will and testament or living will, there are certain medical conditions that have to be met in order to cut off medical care. Each state is different but they pretty much need to be living only because of their health care treatment.
In order for the decision to be made, there needs to be a last will and testament and they need to have a medical provider give consent. In order for the last will and testament to be carried out, the health care provider needs to come to the decision that the patient will not improve or will be in tremendous pain. Also in order for the last will and testament to be carried out, they need to be living off health care treatment and unable to care for themselves.
Since the last will and testament is a legal document, the wishes will be carried out as listed in the living will. Sometimes the death is a way for family members to move on and not have to stress about health care and medical bills.
A last will and testament actually makes the decision less stressful for family members. It is not easy to make decisions on someone else's behalf, especially if it is stopping health care treatment and ending their life. A last will and testament or living will makes the decision easier to make knowing it was their loved one's wishes. A death is sometimes easier to handle than health care arrangements and huge medical bills. The last will and testament is a legal document that is the answer to many people's prayers and makes them feel less guilt making that tough decision.
