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Originally published at allaboutestates.ca on March 30, 2015 For many, working with the elderly is not ‘sexy’. I personally hate that word, but it seems to be a common refrain. In my own profession, many social workers who are looking for…
Read article Planning Ahead for Elder Care: Who is Helping Whom?↗Published in The Litigator ( Ontario Trial Lawyers Association Publication) in June 2008. The Litigator, 2008 Life Care Planning and the Older Client
Read article Future Cost of Care and the Older Individual↗Originally published at allaboutestates.ca on March 3, 2014 Last weekend I was having coffee with a friend who is having surgery in the near future. She asked what I knew about Advanced Care Planning and asked me whether she thought her…
Read article Advanced Care Planning: Your Doctor is Key↗As a professional care manager, I have the opportunity to attend medical specialists appointments with my clients. Many POA’s for Personal Care are also attending these appointments. As part of our preparation, their medical history is…
Read article How To Be (Better) Prepared For Your Next Doctor’s Appointment↗Originally posted at allaboutestates.ca on February 12, 2015 Death and dying are not subjects most of us are comfortable discussing. This was changed on February 6, 2015 whereby the Supreme Court issued a life changing decision. By…
Read article Choosing How We End Our Life:Living Life & The Right To End It.↗