This post may be of interest to those who haven’t yet talked with their family members about end-of-life care.
Dayna Steele, who writes on caring.com, has a list of five things to do after a neurological diagnosis. One item on her list is: talk with your loved one about his or her future care preferences.
In fact, as Ms. Steele points out, we should all write down our future care preferences, whether we have a neurological diagnosis or not. She suggests wrapping up the answers to give as a holiday gift to our family and close friends. Among the list of future care questions are these that I don’t see very often in such lists:
* How should we approach taking your driving privileges away and making other transportation arrangements when we know it’s time?
* If your home needs to be sold, do you have any specific instructions?
* If you can no longer take care of your pet(s), what is the vet contact information and where would you like your pet(s) to go?
Here’s a link to Ms. Steele’s list of future care questions:
www.caring.com/articles/questions-end-of-life-care
Having “The Talk”: Key Questions About End-of-Life Care
By Dayna Steele, Chief Caring Expert
Caring.com
Last updated: Nov 09, 2016
And here’s a link to Ms. Steele’s list of five things to do after a neurological diagnosis:
www.huffingtonpost.com/dayna-steele/things-to-do-after-alzheimers-diagnosis_b_12685680.html?
The First 5 Things To Do After An Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
The Huffington Post
By Dayna Steele
November 5, 2016
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