Planning ahead is the best way to ensure that your estate is taken care of and your wishes carried out. Estate planning tools help you bring peace of mind for you and your loved ones. 

Power of Attorney	A Power of Attorney is a document in which you appoint someone else to act on your behalf on matters that you specify.
(Medical)Power Of Attorney	Your Health Care Representative (also called Health Care Agent or Health Care Proxy) will make health care decisions for you when you are no longer capable of making them for yourself, or if you are unable to communicate your decisions to others.    Your representative must be at least of the age of majority for your jurisdiction, and should be someone you have spoken to about your wishes.
Living Will	Who decides your fate when you become unable to make your own decisions about remaining on life support? Your spouse? Your parents? The courts?  The simplest way to ensure your wishes are carried out by those you trust is to prepare your own Living Will.
Last Will And Testament	A Last Will And Testament gives you the ability to protect your loved ones and to decide what happends to your estate and children after your death - not the government.