# How Living Wills and Last Wills Get Confused All the Time

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Podcast: [The Death Readiness Podcast: Not your dad’s estate planning podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-death-readiness-podcast-not-your-dad-s-estate-planning-podcast-7159546)
Published: 2026-04-21T10:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

A living will and a last will and testament sound similar but they do completely different jobs. In this episode, Jill breaks down the difference in plain English so you know what goes where and why it matters. She also walks through a recent Michigan court decision that changes how advance directives work and raises a bigger question: who gets to decide in a medical crisis?

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