Healthcare Power of Attorney & Living Will Kit — Previous Edition
Previous edition — retained for existing readers. This edition is no longer sold through the EstateBee website. Codes printed in the previous kit continue to provide its original editable documents through Use Codes and My Forms.
For a new purchase, see the Living Will & Healthcare Power of Attorney Kit — Fourth Edition (2026).
Description
Downloads for the previous edition
This page is retained so readers of the previous Healthcare Power of Attorney & Living Will Kit can continue to access the original documents that accompany their edition. Use the codes and instructions printed in your kit through your EstateBee account.
The fourth edition has separate download codes for its revised documents. For the current guide, editable forms and planning worksheets, visit the Living Will & Healthcare Power of Attorney Kit — Fourth Edition (2026).
Table of Contents
Start here
Using Self-Help Kits
Advance Directives – Healthcare Powers of Attorney and Living Wills
Living Wills
How Living Wills Work
What is a Terminal Condition?
What is a Persistent Comatose Condition?
What is a Persistent Vegetative Condition?
What Life Support Choices Do I Have Within My Living Will?
Should I Make a Living Will?
State guide: choosing and signing your document
Witness Requirements
Your agent’s role in carrying out your wishes
If a provider or family member disagrees
Finalizing Your Living Will
Using a directive in another state
What to Do with Your Living Will
Family Discussions
What is a Power of Attorney?
Healthcare Power of Attorney
Capacity to Make a Power of Attorney
What Does Being “Incapacitated” Mean?
The Relationship Between Principal and Agent
Who Can Be My Agent?
One agent or more than one?
Alternate Agents
Scope of an Agent’s Powers
Duties and Responsibilities of an Agent
Commencement of a Power of Attorney
Revocation of an Advance Directive
Do I need both documents?
Choose the person who will speak for you
Separate your instructions from your agent’s discretion
Discuss treatment choices in context
Understand which document does which job
Make the finished documents usable
Appendix 1 • Completing and signing your documents
Appendix 2 • General combined form
Appendix 3 • Revocation notice
Instructions for Completion of the Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare & Living Will Document
Instructions for Completion of the Notice of Revocation of a Power of Attorney Document
Appendix 4 • Planning worksheets
Sources and further reading
Forms
The kit includes a general combined Living Will and Healthcare Power of Attorney form, a Notice of Revocation, completion and signing guidance, a state guide with official sources, and three planning worksheets. Use the existing codes in the kit to obtain the editable Word files through your EstateBee account. The combined-form download includes the guidance and worksheets on separate pages. Check your state requirements before using any form.
Why Choose Estatebee
EstateBee brings the guidance, planning tools and forms together so you can work through your healthcare wishes in a clear order.
- Practical explanations: understand the choices behind your documents, with examples and questions for your clinician.
- Editable downloads: use the included codes to obtain Word forms, guidance and planning worksheets.
- State requirements explained: consult the guide and official sources before completing or signing a document.
- A complete planning process: choose, prepare, sign, share and review.
The kit provides general U.S. guidance. It does not certify that a generic form will suit every state or every person’s circumstances.
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