Anna says...

[tamaravining]

I was at Anna Vargo's for dinner tonight and said something about LJ and getting back online today, and she said "Oh, you're on LJ? Do you post there a lot?", and I said, yes, I'm on, though I don't post a lot sometimes. She said OK, post this for me, and tasked me with telling you all the following:

"Anna says she is using this opportunity to preach:
1) Do your Will
2) Do your Durable Power of Attorney
3) Do your Durable Medical Power of Attorney
4) Do a Living Will

It's very important to do all of these things. They need to be done now."

I told her I'd get right on it, and here I am, on it.

Comments

[redbird]

And check your state laws: apparently New York is weird in this regard, and a living will won't do much good here.

[ssprince.livejournal.com]

But what I gather is that it's better to try than not, that New York is not a good place to leave matters to the authorities. I have a very simple document naming my sisters who are closest to me in age to make decisions for me (the more I see of pre-hospital emergency care, not that I've seen much as an ambulance flunky in a very small town, the more I dread being stuck in a techno-limbo). Like an idiot I've already forgotten what type that document is, maybe an Advance Directive, but I got it from the retired physician I read for who is on a hospital ethics committee.