State your wishes
Put your own directions about life-sustaining procedures into a formal written declaration.
Estate Planning · Living Will
Louisiana Living Wills
Put your own directions about life-sustaining treatment in writing before anyone else has to guess what you would want.
Your directionsYour wishes are stated in writing.
Not a Last WillThis document concerns health-care wishes, not inheritance.
Mobile executionAppointments throughout the Rouge service area.
Your wishes, in your own words
Make the decision before a crisis makes it harder.
A Louisiana Living Will, also called a declaration concerning life-sustaining procedures, records your own directions about life-sustaining treatment if the conditions stated in the document and Louisiana law are met.
It is different from a Healthcare Mandate. A Living Will states your treatment directions; a Healthcare Mandate names someone to make health-care decisions within the authority you grant. Many clients choose to prepare both.
What this service covers
Clear directions. Less uncertainty for the people you love.
Pair related documents
A Living Will can be coordinated with a Healthcare Mandate, Financial Mandate, and testament.
Give family a written reference
A properly completed document gives loved ones and health-care providers a clear statement of your wishes.
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Before the appointment
Think about your wishes, not legal wording.
You do not need to draft anything before meeting with Rouge. Be ready to discuss the document you want, any existing advance-directive documents, and whether you are coordinating a Healthcare Mandate at the same time.
Existing documents
Bring any current Living Will, Healthcare Mandate, or related estate-planning documents you want replaced or coordinated.
Healthcare agent
If you also want a Healthcare Mandate, know who you want to appoint and whether you want an alternate.
Medical questions
Rouge can explain the document and its structure. Questions about which medical treatment you should choose belong with your health-care provider.
Identification
Have current government-issued identification available for the execution appointment.
Important distinction
Living Will, Healthcare Mandate, and DNR are not the same thing.
These documents can work alongside one another, but each serves a different purpose.
Living Will
States your own directions concerning life-sustaining procedures when the applicable conditions are met.
Healthcare Mandate
Names a person to make health-care decisions within the authority granted in the mandate.
DNR / LaPOST
These are different medical instruments or physician orders and should be discussed with the appropriate health-care provider.
Mobile throughout Northeast Louisiana
The appointment can come to you.
Rouge can meet at a home, office, hospital, care facility, or another appropriate appointment location within the regular service area, subject to scheduling and the signer being able to properly execute the document.
Rouge mobile appointment
Prepare. Print. Execute.
For many routine estate-planning matters, Rouge can coordinate the documents and bring the equipment needed for a complete mobile appointment.
Explore mobile service ↗Common questions
What clients usually want to know.
Is a Living Will the same as a Last Will?
No. A Last Will addresses property and succession after death. A Living Will addresses your directions concerning life-sustaining treatment in the circumstances covered by the declaration.
Is a Living Will the same as a Healthcare Mandate?
No. A Living Will states your own directions. A Healthcare Mandate appoints a person to make health-care decisions within the authority you grant.
Is a Living Will the same as a DNR or LaPOST form?
No. A Living Will is an advance declaration concerning life-sustaining procedures. DNR and LaPOST documents are different medical instruments and should be discussed with a health-care provider.
Can Rouge come to a hospital or care facility?
Often, yes, if the signer can properly execute the document and the facility can accommodate the appointment.
Can Rouge tell me which medical treatment to choose?
Rouge can explain the Living Will document, its purpose, and its structure. Medical advice and treatment decisions should be discussed with your physician or other qualified health-care provider.