Practice Areas
Advanced Directive for Healthcare
An Advance Directive for Healthcare allows you to document your medical treatment preferences if you are unable to speak for yourself. This document provides guidance to healthcare providers and loved ones during critical moments, helping ensure your wishes are respected. With my background as both an estate planning attorney and ICU nurse, I help clients create clear, thoughtful directives that reflect their values and real-life medical considerations.
Understanding Advanced Directive for Healthcare
Who It’s For
Individuals who want control over future medical decisions when they are not able to make those decisions themselves due to incapacity
Families seeking clarity during medical emergencies
Anyone creating or updating an estate or incapacity plan
People who want to reduce stress and uncertainty for loved ones
My Approach
What to Expect When Creating an Advanced Directive for Healthcare
Conversations about medical preferences can be difficult, but they don’t have to be overwhelming. I walk clients through the options included in an Advance Directive, explain how these documents are used in real healthcare settings, and help translate your values into clear instructions. The result is a legally sound document that integrates seamlessly with your Healthcare Power of Attorney and overall estate plan.
Advanced directive for healthcare
Frequently Asked Questions
-
An Advance Directive is a legal document that outlines your medical treatment preferences if you become unable to communicate, including end-of-life care decisions. It can also be referred to as a “living will.”
-
An Advance Directive states your treatment wishes, while a Healthcare Power of Attorney appoints someone to make decisions on your behalf. Most people benefit from having both.
-
It takes effect when you are unable to make or communicate your own healthcare decisions, as determined by medical professionals.
-
Yes. Unexpected illness or injury can happen at any age. Creating an Advance Directive ensures your wishes are known before a crisis occurs.
-
Yes. You can revise or revoke your Advance Directive at any time as long as you have decision-making capacity.
-
No. It is one part of a comprehensive estate plan that may also include a will, trust, and powers of attorney.
Schedule a Consultation to Create Your Advanced Directive for Healthcare in Oklahoma.
An Advance Directive gives you a voice when you may not be able to speak for yourself. I provide compassionate, clear guidance to help you document your wishes and create peace of mind for you and your loved ones. Let’s make sure your healthcare decisions are honored, no matter what.