Speaker
Cora Alsante, Esq.
Partner, Hancock & Estabrook, LLP
Hancock Estabrook, LLP
About this Video
This video introduces patients and families to end-of-life planning and paperwork (e.g., Advance Directives). This paperwork serves an important purpose – to document important conversations about your own last wishes for your health care and your assets.
Chapters
Introduction : (0:00)
Planning : (0:26)
Advanced Directives : (0:57)
Health Care Proxy : (1:06)
Who should it be? : (2:04)
Living Will : (2:33)
You need both : (3:30)
MOLST : (4:10)
Power of Attorney : (6:10)
Last Will : (7:16)
Digital Passwords : (8:25)
Last Wishes File : (8:58)
Conclusion : (10:07)
Key Concepts
- What are Advance Directives?
- Who should you designate as your Health Care Proxy?
- What is a Living Will?
- What is a MOLST document?
- What is a Durable Power of Attorney?
- The importance of your “Last Will”?
- What should go in a “Last Wishes” file?
Resource Links
Advance Directives:
Advance Directives (catholicendoflife.org)
Health Care Proxy:
Catholic-Health-Care-Proxy-Form
Health Care Proxy (archny.org)
Living Will:
Should I Have a Living Will? (ncbcenter.org)
Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment:
Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (cathmed.org)
Other Resources
The Conversation Project - Have You Had The Conversation?
