Taking control: Why we all need a living will

An Advanced Care Directive, or a living will, allows us to make decisions now about our future healthcare, says Margaret Jennings.

IT may be an issue we avoid thinking about too much, and it certainly isn’t a chirpy dinner party conversation topic, but underneath the surface often lurks the fear— as we get into our later decades — that we may be unable to make choices about our end-of-life healthcare, due to incapacity.