Living Will
The ten most common mistakes in healthcare directives
According to a recent Wealth Management article, the 11 most common mistakes in healthcare directives are: 1. Treating directives as simply a form…
Are you ready to let go?
A recent USA Today story (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/06/injured-hunter-chooses-death-over-paralysis/3461259/) discusses the case of Tim Bowers, an Indiana man who fell 16 feet from a deer tree…
What happens when there is no living will?
For decades, planning for serious illness and end of life involved two approaches. First, clients used “advanced directives”, otherwise known as a…
Estate Planning for Young Professionals: 10 Things to Do Right Now
Fellow WealthCounsel member Michael Brennan, an estate planning practitioner in Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota, recently offered some thoughtful advice for young professionals on WealthCounsel’s free…
Why Doctors Think Differently About Dying
A recent Wall Street Journal article reveals that doctors more often than others prepare living wills and that doctors more often than not avoid…
Choices with living wills
Recently some astute clients have asked me to consider more difficult questions relating to their choices in making a living will. A…
