| Hello, I'm Steve Allen. I'm called the Estate Planning | | | | and called the police. The police came, broke the |
| Dr. Sometimes I feel like a doctor, especially lately. | | | | door in, went into her home and found Maxine |
| People have been asking about living wills. | | | | laying unconscious in a corner. |
| Since the Terri Schiavo fiasco in Florida where the | | | | They didn't know who to contact, but then they |
| Supreme Court, the President, Congress and | | | | noticed that there was a Pocket Living Will in her |
| everybody got involved in keeping Terri Schiavo | | | | purse. In it was my name and phone number so |
| alive which was essentially against her wishes. | | | | they called me and I was able to give them |
| The written living will has become more important. | | | | directions to get her help. |
| Just to help out, I've come up with what we call | | | | They took her to the hospital and because she |
| the Pocket Living Will so you can have one that | | | | had everything in writing, they knew what kind of |
| you keep on your possession. Now hospitals are | | | | medical attention she needed. She fully recovered |
| required under federal law to ask you upon | | | | and was able to make some of her own decisions |
| admission if you have a living will. If you do, they | | | | later on. But if this Pocket Living Will had not been |
| want a copy of it. | | | | there, the police say they would not have known |
| Most people don't carry a living will with them, so | | | | who to contact for medical instructions. And so |
| we make one that is available to keep in your | | | | we were very thankful that she had that with |
| purse, your wallet or the glove box of a car so it | | | | her. |
| will be readily available. | | | | That shows you how important a Pocket Living |
| Now let me tell you a little story about Maxine. | | | | Will can be. You do not know when you are going |
| She's one of my clients and I am one of her | | | | to need it. So it's a good think to have one |
| closest friends. She has a Pocket Living Will. One | | | | prepared that you can have nearby in case there |
| day, her postman notice that her mail had been | | | | is an emergency. |
| building up in her mailbox. He got very concerned | | | | |