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Commonly Asked Questions about Living Wills

A living trust may be better than a will if: You want to maintain privacy over your property or assets. You have several real estate properties. You have docHub financial assets.
Living wills have been legally valid in BC since 2000.
Cons of a Living Will You likely wont be able to address every potential situation that could arise if you become incapacitated. Your instructions could still be debated or disputed. There could be conflict over who should make medical care decisions that are not directly addressed in your living will.
Unlike a will, a personal directive controls who handles your affairs if an illness or injury renders you unable to make serious decisions. Personal directives can also contain written instructions from the individual, indicating what course to take.
An advance directive is a set of instructions that outlines your health care wishes. It, too, is used when severe medical situations occur and youre not able to communicate your wishes. Unlike the living will, however, an advance directive isnt limited to terminal illness.
The short answer is that a living will is a type of advance directive, while advance directive is a broad term used to describe any legal document that addresses your future medical care. Living wills are advance directives, but not all advance directives are living wills.
What are living wills in Canada? Living wills are legally binding documents that indicate the future personal wishes of a person if they become incapacitated. It outlines a persons preferences regarding their medical treatment and personal care when they cannot expressly state these preferences.
(LIH-ving wil) A type of advance directive that states the specific types of medical care that a person wishes to receive if that person is no longer able to make medical decisions because of a terminal illness or being permanently unconscious.