A Living will or Advanced Care Plan (for the elderly)

Advanced Health Directives are not just for elderly people - everyone should have one. We never know what is around the corner, no matter what our age is.

However, it is a valid point that unless you have LPA for Health and Welfare your family do not have the power to make decisions on your behalf. I have seen a case where Social Servuces went over the head of a husband who was doing a good job of looking after a wife with dementia. She was removed from his care and only survived three weeks in the ‘care’ home.

A long complicated story involving a niece and poor care at the home.

I haven't got a living will because it's all covered by my POA and I can't see the point of having both.

Ditto, FF. I did have a living will, but it won't be needed now that I have the P of A.

Having seen so much of dementia (my FiL as well as my mother) I wanted my (compos mentis) wishes made crystal clear for my family, since once dementia takes any kind of hold, people are apt to forget completely whatever they thought or wanted in the past.
And although it's not their fault, they can become extremely irrational/self centred and utterly fail to comprehend the stress and worry they are placing on their family.