Advance Healthcare Directives

Do You Have An Advance Healthcare Directive Or Living Will?

Most of us know someone who’s faced a difficult end-of-life situation—incapacitated for weeks, months, or even years, as family argued and debated over how to handle their health as it deteriorated. Those debates, and possibly a good portion of their suffering, could often have been avoided with a simple estate planning document. Unfortunately, too few Oklahomans take the time to prepare.

An advance medical directive, also known as a living will, allows you to express your medical care preferences if you become incapacitated. It provides clear guidance to your loved ones and healthcare providers, reducing family conflict and ensuring your wishes are honored.

With help from a skilled estate planning attorney at the Legal Advantage Group, you can create a directive that gives you and your family peace of mind. Serving communities in Edmond and throughout Oklahoma, our firm has extensive experience helping individuals of all ages create the essential documents that protect their health, wishes, and loved ones in the event of incapacity.

Why Choose The Legal Advantage Group To Be Your Healthcare Directive Attorneys?

Some lawyers might rush through the process, while others may push complex trusts you don’t need. At the Legal Advantage Group, we take a different approach—one centered on you. After all, this is your future, your health, and your legacy at stake. Our job is to help you understand your options, and then craft a plan that fully reflects your intentions and protects your interests.

Our estate planning team dives deep into every detail to ensure your documents are thorough, clear, and free of gaps. Whether your plan is simple or complex, we work with you to create a plan that gives you confidence and security.

Our team of advance directive lawyers has decades of experience handling simple and elaborate estate plans alike for clients of all ages, from young couples taking precautions before the birth of their first child to our most venerable elders seeking peace and certainty for themselves and the families and legacies they leave behind.

Who Needs An Advance Healthcare Directive In Oklahoma?

You might be thinking that you have many years of excellent health before you have to worry about any estate planning, much less something like a healthcare directive. But accidents, illness, or unexpected events can strike at any time. If something happens and you’re unable to communicate your wishes, your family may be left to make heart-wrenching decisions—without knowing what you would have wanted.

A car accident, illness, or workplace incident could leave you incapacitated and unable to express your wishes. The last thing you want is for your family to be torn apart by disagreements over life support or risky medical procedures. By having a healthcare directive in place, you can spare them that pain.

In some ways, such decisions are even more important for you to make clear when you are still young. And if your preferences change over time, you can always update your directive. At the Legal Advantage Group, we’re here to help you revise your living will whenever needed.

What Is Included In An Advance Healthcare Directive?

An advance healthcare directive (also known as a Living Will) gives clear instructions about your medical care should you become unable to communicate your wishes. This is typically captured in a Living Will, but since not all situations can be predicted, we also recommend preparing a Durable Medical Power of Attorney.

• Advance Healthcare Directive (Living Will)

This document outlines specific preferences regarding life-support, intubation, resuscitation, feeding tubes, and other medical procedures. It ensures your healthcare providers know exactly what actions to take—or avoid—if you’re unable to make those decisions yourself.

• Durable Medical Power Of Attorney

This appoints a trusted person (with backups) to make healthcare decisions on your behalf if something arises that your living will doesn’t cover. This could be a family member, close friend, or even a pastor—someone you trust to respect your wishes and act in your best interest.

If you don’t have these documents in place, or if your existing ones no longer reflect your current wishes, the estate planning attorneys at the Legal Advantage Group are ready to help you put together a plan that protects you and the people you care about most.

Call An Edmond, Oklahoma, Attorney About Your Advance Directive Today

Whether you are young or old, single or married with kids, the only way for you to make sure your specific wishes for your healthcare will be respected is to get them protected with an advance healthcare directive.

In Edmond and throughout Oklahoma, our experienced estate planning attorneys can help you draft a living will and healthcare power of attorney, tailored to your needs. Don’t wait—call (405) 449-5777 or schedule an online consultation today. The sooner you have your directive in place, the sooner you can rest easy, knowing that your wishes will be honored should the unexpected happen.