If you're hospitalized with a serious injury or disease, does your family know how you want medical professionals to proceed? 

That conversation was sparked by an incident at a Syracuse nursing home last summer after a nurse failed to follow a DNR, or 'do not resuscitate,' order and revived a patient—but she didn't want to be.

But with different end of life, or ‘right to die’ options, comes complications.

There are four options: a will, health care proxy, MOLST document or DNR.

A local lawyer says it's not about which option, but most importantly, when to get your affairs in order.

"It's important for people, rather you're sick now or perfectly healthy, is to put the health care proxy and other legal documents in place, so that later if you become incapacitated, there's no scramble or fight to sort that stuff out then," said Anthony Marrone, of Marrone Law Firm. 

Marrone says his best advice is to keep everything in one document, so that there's less chance of making a mistake.

He also suggests contacting a lawyer before making any decisions on your own.