Managing Your Medical Care in the Event of a Disability
Who would direct your medical care if you were unconscious and unable to communicate for yourself? If you were in a vegetative state with no hope of recovery, who would tell medical providers whether you wanted feeding tubes or other heroic measures to stay alive? A health care proxy and a living will provides your family with control and the security of knowing what you wanted them to do.
At the Gemma Law Office in Braintree, Massachusetts, we offer a free consultation to discuss health care proxies and living wills. Estate planning lawyer Anthony Gemma provides comprehensive estate planning services to families in the South Shore area of Massachusetts.
What Is a Health Care Proxy or Living Will?
In Massachusetts, a health care proxy allows you to name a trusted person to make decisions about your health care during a time of temporary or permanent incapacity. One guide to the agent under your health care proxy is your living will, in which you provide information about your directives and intentions regarding life-ending decisions.
A health care proxy and living will:
- Create an opportunity for you to discuss your wishes with family members
- Save your family the distress and possible cost of litigation if family members don't agree about your care decisions
- Provide family members with the security of understanding your intentions
A living will is not binding in Massachusetts, but it does give you an opportunity to express your intentions.
Schedule a Free Consultation With an Attorney
Make today the day you start planning wisely for the future. Contact us by telephone or e-mail to schedule a free initial consultation with attorney Anthony Gemma. Our Braintree office is easily accessible from Boston, as well as Metrowest and South Shore communities, and has free parking and disability access.
