Recently, I visited a local assisted living facility that handles 35 patients in each location, with locations throughout the country. I often meet with administrators of these type of nursing care establishments to best explain to my clients what their options may be, either in the immediate future or down the road, for themselves and/or for family members.
During my tour, the facilitator for the entire region complained of one major problem when admitting new individuals to their facilities: the lack of proper estate planning undertaken by new patients. Most people do not realize the importance of having durable powers of attorney, health care surrogate designations and the like prepared PRIOR to entering an assisted living center. Failing to provide the administrators with the necessary paperwork prevents staff from contacting the proper individuals in a case of emergency or just to help with filing the necessary documents on behalf of a client.
Do not delay and do your basic estate planning today: a durable power of attorney, health care surrogate designation and HIPAA should be the minimum that each adult should execute for their own well-being!!
Boca, Delray, Boynton, Deerfield and Parkland residents are all invited to attend the FIRST ever Kick Off Party for Boca's First Ever Walk To End Alzheimer's Walk.
Did you know that 1 in 6 women and 1 in 11 men over the age of 65 will be diagnosed with Alzheimer's?? We have over 500,000 documented cases in Florida alone and women are 2x more likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's than breast cancer!!!
Come support, shop at the silent auction and have fun all while raising funds and awareness.
The End to Alzheimer's
Starts with YOU!
- Mar 22, 2014
The Today show on NBC just reported that a woman's estimated lifetime risk of developing Alzheimer's at age 65 is 1 in 6, compared with nearly 1 in 11 for a man. Also, did you know that a woman is 2x likely to develop Alzheimers than she is to develop breast cancer?!!! and yet, despite being our nation's biggest health threat, Alzheimer's disease is still largely misunderstood. Unless something is done to change the course of the disease, there could be as many as 16 million Americans living with Alzheimer's in 2050, at a cost of $1.2 trillion (in current dollars). So you may not know someone affected or be affected yourself, but as a taxpayer, your pocketbook surely will!!!
Please join our walk today to help promote awareness and to End Alzheimers! Register for FREE at Alz.org\walk or to join my team or make a donation, visit my personal walk page at: http://act.alz.org/site/TR/Walk2014/FL-SoutheastFlorida?px=9168406&pg=personal&fr_id=5685