Health Care Documents
Advance Directives for Health Care
Advance Directives for Health Care
In General
There are a variety of situations in which other people may make decisions for you.
Elder Law includes a wide range of subjects, including matters relating to Medicaid, including asset protection, Medicaid spend down, look back periods, avoiding or dealing with disqualification for Medicaid, and planning for a situation where one spouse needs to enter long term care, but the other may be able to remain in the home.
Generally, it is very difficult to move forward with health care if a person is no longer able to direct their own health care if there is not a valid Advance Directive for Health Care in place.
Some people wonder whether a Will is worthwhile, and worry about the cost.
Others wonder why they need a Will at all.
The form of Advance Directives for Health Care in Oregon is set forth in statute.
In other states, Advance Directives for Health Care are sometimes called Living Wills, or Health Care Powers of Attorney.
After a divorce is completed, there is usually still a lot of work to be done.
Under Oregon law, a divorced spouse will be treated as pre-deceased for purposes of inheritance from their former spouse under a Will that existed before the divorce, in most cases.
The current health crisis is causing some people to think seriously about creating a Will or a Trust. It is causing others who have been thinking of this to stop putting it off, and to start actually working toward finding a lawyer to work with them on estate and incapacity planning.
Many people are worried by the Coronavirus/COVID 19 pandemic, and are limiting their social contacts, and abiding by guidelines for social distancing.