Successfully Navigating your Parent's Senior Years

Star Bradbury 2023 Beaverton Library 362.6 BRA

Core message, plan ahead

• p9 Go-Go, Slow-Go, and No Go years
  • principle (1) Maximize/Prolong independence, (2) Just In Time Senior Planning, (3-5 years ahead)
  • p21 Critical Medical Information
  • p25 Advanced Directives
  • p28 Healthcare Surrogate
  • p30 DNR Do Not Resuscitate
  • p33 Pre-Need Guardianship
  • p35 HIPAA Permission forms
  • p35 List of Medications
  • p36 Geriatric Social Worker or Aging Life Care Specialist

  • USAging

• p41 Will (avoid probate )

• p47 Durable Power of Attorney

• p57 Online access to copies of bills by more than one family member
  • permission from other family members for purchases over a certain agreed-upon amount
  • consult elder-law attorney
  • quarterly family meetings to review financial statements

• p59 Activities of Daily Living

• p63 Mild Cognitive Impairment

  • less than 40% leads to Alzheimer's
• p92 WHO: worldwide, Adults over 60 greatest number of falls, 38M requiring medical attention