Provide a trusted family member or friend with the location of confidential or valuable items you may have put away for safekeeping.

Provide a family member or friend with the location of spare keys and security codes.

Provide easy access to your will and your durable powers of attorney. Keep signed, original copies of the powers of attorney and a copy of your will in your attorney’s office as well as in a fireproof file at home. Also give copies to your executor and advise the executor where you keep the original documents.

Provide the name of your veterinarian and care instructions for pets, if appropriate.