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Powers of Attorney and Living Wills
A power of attorney is an authority granted from one person to another to manage the grantor’s financial affairs,
property and/or health care decisions. For example if you need someone to sign a deed on your behalf, sign your
cheques for you or even act as a proxy in a vote, these wishes can be expressed in a power of attorney for
property. Similarly, a power of attorney for personal care may deal with medical treatment, hiring caregivers,
housekeeping and making sure that your personal and health care requests are followed to your standards. GMA can
draft and arrange for the administration of either of these powers of attorney based on your needs and instructions.
The living will is a document addressing the specific issue of avoiding artificial medical care or heroic measures
to sustain life in a manner you would not want. The living will becomes important if a time comes when you cannot
express your wishes and there is no medical prospect of your recovery from an irreversible illness involving pain
or distress. While this is sometimes a hard matter to deal with, having a living will removes the burden of
uncertainty from those you care about in the event that they are faced with making difficult medical decisions for
you. Our clients have these wills prepared to, among other things, promote their dignity and maintain a degree of
control over future decisions about their lives. Like a power of attorney, the living will grants the authority to
an individual or individuals to communicate your wishes when you are unable.
If you would like GMA to help you prepare your living will and powers of attorney, send us your instructions. In
some cases, we provide these services on a flat fee basis. Pricing, terms and conditions and instructions are
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