=== 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
  .[[ https://www.usaging.org/ | USAging ]]
 .p41 Will (avoid probate )
 .p47 [[ https://www.theelderlawfirm.com/powers-attorney#:~:text=In%20Oregon%2C%20a%20power%20of,doing%20when%20you%20revoke%20it. | 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 [[ https://www.cms.gov/research-statistics-data-and-systems/research/mcbs/downloads/2008_appendix_b.pdf | Activities of Daily Living ]]
 .p63 [[  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mild_cognitive_impairment | Mild Cognitive Impairment ]]
  . less than 40% leads to Alzheimer's
 .p92 WHO: worldwide, Adults over 60 greatest number of falls, 38M requiring medical attention