Living will
With a living will, you specify in advance which medical treatment and life-sustaining measures you want in an emergency.
Description of the course
If you are no longer able to decide on your own medical treatment, a living will can help. In the advance directive, you can specify in advance which measures should and should not be taken in specific cases of illness.
we recommend that you refer to your living will in the power of attorney or care directive and inform your authorised representative or carer about it. This will ensure that the wishes in your living will can be honoured if necessary.
Note: A living will does not need to be notarised.
Prerequisites
You can draw up, amend or revoke a living will as long as you have legal capacity.
Required documents
The Munich Care Centre offers a template. However, you can also draw up your own living will. This should clearly state your wishes and your will. It is also important that the illness situations are clearly described. We recommend that you seek medical advice when drawing up your living will.
The template is included in the "Form set of the Munich Care Centre", which you can download under "Forms and links". Printed copies are available at the information desks of the social welfare centres or at the town hall information desk on Marienplatz. We will send you up to two powers of attorney by post.
Questions & Answers
A medical or legal review is not mandatory. However, a medical consultation can be helpful in order to complete the living will correctly.
It makes sense to leave a copy of the living will with the person you trust or to indicate where it should be kept.
Legal basis
- §§ 1814 ff. BGB
- Guardianship Authorities Act (BtBG)
- Act on the Procedure in Family Matters and in Matters of Non-Contentious Jurisdiction (FamFG)
- Social Codes
Sozialreferat
Schuldner- und Insolvenzberatung, Betreuungsstelle
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Landeshauptstadt München
Sozialreferat
Schuldner- und Insolvenzberatung, Betreuungsstelle
Mathildenstraße 3a
80336 München
Fax: +49 89 233-25056
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80336 München
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