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- Title
What (besides Money) Is on Our Minds When We Do Estate Planning? A Gerontological Perspective.
- Authors
Timmermann, Sandra
- Abstract
A living will and a health care proxy are important legal documents that state our intent about who can make health care decisions for us and our views on medical treatment if we become incapacitated. But there are other issues—how we would like to be cared for and what values we want to pass down—that we should be addressing and often do not. Dealing with issues such as palliative care, hospice care, funeral planning, and ethical wills in advance can make a big difference in how we are cared for and respected in the months and weeks before death and make it easier for our families.
- Subjects
ESTATE planning; GERONTOLOGY; LIVING wills; HEALTH care proxy; MEDICAL decision making; PALLIATIVE treatment; HOSPICE care; FUNERALS; ETHICAL wills
- Publication
Journal of Financial Service Professionals, 2015, Vol 69, Issue 1, p33
- ISSN
1537-1816
- Publication type
Article