Frequently Asked Questions

You can create vita.coop’s living will in as little as 15 minutes, from the comfort of your home. You do not need to visit a lawyer, doctor, notary, or printer. The advance directive becomes legally implementable upon electronic authentication of your digital signature.

To create vita.coop’s living will you will need to provide identifying information and one email addresses for a spokesperson. All information is kept secure and is not shared with third parties. You do not need to visit a lawyer, doctor, notary, or printer. Medical terms and treatment options are explained in our community tool section.

Yes. You can update your living will as often as you like, at any time, from any location, without cost.

Yes. You can update any aspect of your living will, including your health proxy / spokesperson. You can make updates as often as you like, at any time, from any location, without any cost.

Yes, but not without their consent and personal identifying information. Sitting down with a loved one and completing the process together is a great way to ensure creation of a document that will take control of their end of life health care.

It’s free for members. There are no hidden fees, and vita.coop’s living will does not require any of the costs associated with a lawyer, doctor, notary, or printer.

Yes, vita.coop’s living will was designed by physicians to be comprehensive, simple to understand, and implementable, AND it was thoroughly vetted by our legal advisor for legality.

No. After you create your living will with vita.coop, it is electronically signed with a legally binding electronic signature.

Yes, vita.coop’s living will was designed by physicians to be comprehensive, simple to understand, and implementable, AND it was thoroughly vetted for legality by our legal advisor.

This is possible but not likely. vita.coop helps you create a document that is very specific about your treatment preferences and covers a comprehensive range of realistic treatment possibilities. If your medical situation falls beyond these guidelines, or if you decided to skip any of these choices, the values and beliefs section provides additional context that helps guide your spokesperson to make choices that would fit your wishes. Doctors who go against wishes clearly expressed in a living will risk liability.

• A living will is NOT the same as a last will and testament or living trust.
• A last will and testament is a legal document that specifies allocation of your property and possessions to designated beneficiaries following death.
• Similarly, a living trust places your assets into a trust that can be accessed and used by you during your lifetime but is then transferred to designated beneficiaries upon death.
• A living will, on the other hand, specifies decisions about end-of-life healthcare and treatment options prior to death.

A lasting power of attorney (LPA) allows the person making the LPA to give someone of their choice authority to make decisions on their behalf when they no longer have mental capacity to make the decisions themselves. 

A living will or patient decree set out what you want to happen to you should you not be able to make decisions regarding healthcare and medical treatment in certain situations.

Your living will by vita.coop is always with you, electronically accessible at any time and from any location.

Yes. Your living will by vita.coop will be kept safe electronically on our secure platform encrypted with Blockchain Technology. Data will be delivered directly to your point of care when it has been requested by your treatment team. Vita.coop does not share your information with third parties.