The First Will

If I die, all of my possessions will go to my wife. If we die together then my possessions will go to the children, if we have any.

END OF LIFE DECISIONS

Possessions & Property

Debt

Executor

Amendable

WILLS

Wishes- Burial or CremationBurial Plot(s)

Money for Funeral ExpensesGrave Marker- Headstone

Services- Church, Funeral Home, Private* Understand exactly what your buying *

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS

Legal Document Transferring Ownership

Revocable vs. Irrevocable

Trustee(s)

Beneficiaries

Bank Account- Money Limit (profit) and Taxable

Can be Amended

* Durable Power of Attorney (financial)

A TRUST

Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care

Living Will

Do Not Resuscitate (DNR)

Preferred Intensity of Care

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES

Agency add in the newspaper

Interview process, TB test, Physical

Mandatory vacation (paid)Preapproved backup caregiver

Respite time

Visits by agency coordinator and nurse

Paid by the state & tax free

CAREGIVERS

Family Caregivers Alliancewww.caregiver.org

More about Advance Directives:American Barr Association www.americanbar.org

Caring Connections www.caringinfo.orgMedlinePlus www.medlineplus.gov (advance directives)

National Cancer Institute www.cancer.gov

National Institute on Aging www.nia.nih.gov (Health & Aging)

SAYING GOODBYE