What Is A Living Will?

Other Connecticut Estate Planning FAQs

• Q: Do I Have The Right To Make Health Care Decisions?
  A: Yes. Adult patients in Connecticut have the right to determine what, if any, medical treatment they will receive. As a capable adult, you may agree to treatment that … More
• Q: Do I Have The Right To Information Needed To Make A Health Care Decision?
  A: Yes. Physicians have the responsibility to provide patients with information that can help them to make a decision. Your physician will explain what treatments may … More
• Q: What Is An Advance Directive?
  A: An advance directive is a legal document through which you may provide your directions or wishes as to your medical care. It is used when you are unable to make or … More
• Q: Must I Have An Advance Directive?
  A: No. You do not have to make a living will or other type of advance directive to receive medical care or to be admitted to a hospital, nursing home or other health care … More
• Q: What Is A Life Support System?
  A: A "life support system" is a form of treatment that only delays the time of your death or maintains you in a state of permanent unconsciousness. Life support systems … More
• Q: Will I Receive Medication For Pain If I Have A Living Will?
  A: Yes. A living will does not affect the provision of pain medication or care designed solely to maintain your physical comfort (for example, care designed to maintain … More
• Q: What Is A Health Care Agent?
  A: A health care agent is a person whom you authorize in writing to convey your wishes concerning whether you wish to withhold or withdraw life support systems. The agent … More
• Q: What Is An Attorney-In-Fact For Health Care Decisions?
  A: An attorney-­in-­fact for health care decisions is a person whom you name in a document called a durable power of attorney, to make medical decisions other … More
• Q: What Is A Conservator?
  A: A "conservator of the person" is someone appointed by the Probate Court when the Court finds that a person is incapable of caring for himself/herself including the … More
• Q: What Advance Directives Should I Have?
  A: If you want to be sure that your wishes about your medical care are known if you cannot express them yourself, you should have a living will, a health care agent and … More