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Healthcare Power of Attorney vs. Living Will: What’s the Difference?

Healthcare worker discussing medical wishes and advance directives with an older patient at home

These two documents get confused constantly, partly because they’re both about medical decisions and partly because some states bundle them into a single form called an advance directive. But they do genuinely different jobs, and understanding the difference matters, because most people need both, not one or the other, alongside a durable power of attorney […]