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Date: 09/06/2025

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Living will Easy Form
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This Easy Form helps you say what medical treatment you do and do not want when you are terminally ill and cannot make your own medical decisions.

The Easy Form does not send your forms to your doctors or loved ones. You can download the forms and instructions at the end of the program.

Learn more about creating a living will.

This program will help you make your documents. It will ask questions for you to answer. At the end of the program, you will get completed documents and instructions. You can save and print them, or the program can email them to you.

Form completion time: 5 minutes to 10 minutes

You will not be able to save your work in the middle of the program.

The interview and forms are in English.

Can I use this program?

To use this program, you will need to know what kind of medical treatment you want if you ever have a terminal illness or injury that prevents you from making your own medical decisions.

What do I need first?

To complete this form, you will need the names and addresses of 2 people who can witness you sign the form. If you do not know the witnesses' names and addresses now, you can complete the program without them and add their information later.

What documents will this create?

This program makes the following forms:

  • Instructions
  • Illinois Living Will Declaration

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Last full review by a subject matter expert
November 14, 2022
Last revised by staff
February 26, 2025

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ILAO is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. ILAO's tax identification number is 20-2917133.