What is the difference?
The short answer is that a living will is a type of advance directive, while “advance directive” is a broad term used to describe any legal document that addresses your future medical care. Living wills are advance directives, but not all advance directives are living wills.
What is the main disadvantage of a living will?
There are three main disadvantages to using a living will: Living wills have a limited scope; Living wills rely on physician compliance; Living wills are not always given to health care providers.
What are the disadvantages of advance directives?
Limitations. Advance directives have limitations. For example, an older adult may not fully understand treatment options or recognize the consequences of certain choices in the future. Sometimes, people change their minds after expressing advance directives and forget to inform others.
What are the disadvantages of advance directives?
Limitations. Advance directives have limitations. For example, an older adult may not fully understand treatment options or recognize the consequences of certain choices in the future. Sometimes, people change their minds after expressing advance directives and forget to inform others.
Often the decision maker can be ill equipped and confused about what the person would have wanted. Loved ones can suffer with guilt, anxiety, and a deep sense of remorse because they are not at all certain that they did what the dying person wanted them to do. Don’t do this to your loved ones. Get something done.
Let your attorney decide what type of document you need. Ben Winter, P.A. focuses its practice in the areas of real estate law, Social Security Disability and Workers Compensation in St Petersburg, Florida. For more information, go to our web site www.benwinterlaw.com or call (727) 822-0100.