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Gilbert Guide Videos: Advanced Directives
Leaving advanced directives, also known as living wills, for end-of-life senior care is the best way to assure quality of care for yourself and peace of mind for your family. Legal, health and patient care issues are addressed. This video is part of an innovative series that we are proud to re-introduce and was created by a leader in the field of supportive homecare, Dr. Ernest Rosenbaum. Disclaimer: Gilbert Guide, Mount Zion Hospital & Medical Center, Marshall Hale Memorial Hospital...Read the rest of this article »Related Articles
The Legacy Project: What is It & How It Can Help
What is the Legacy Project? A legacy is a gift from one generation to the next. Although a legacy can be considered anything from a monetary gift to a special talent or even a keepsake handed down from one generation to the next, in this instance we would like to discuss a more complex and distinctive legacy—the legacy of a person’s history, thoughts, hopes, dreams and wishes and what those will mean to a future generation. When a person...Read the rest of this article »Related Articles
The 5 Steps to Creating Your Legacy Project
The Legacy Project’s five parts marry your own personal history, your family’s heritage and lets your family know your beliefs and wants for end-of-life care. Many have found that The Legacy Project works to identify what is most important to them—and helps them create a personal sense of symbolic immortality. 1. Ethical Will. Creating an ethical will means writing down a personal written or dictated record of your family stories, philosophic thoughts, legacy, and goals. Ethical wills are a...Read the rest of this article »Related Articles
Writing Your Ethical Will
An ethical will is another way for an individual to allow others into their personal thoughts, hopes and philosophies. An ethical will is not a legal document as compared to a living will, which is an important legal document. An Ethical Will is just one of many parts of a Legacy Project, where a person can bring in friends and family to share their life experience. Find out more about the Legacy Project. Sitting Down & Writing an Ethical...Read the rest of this article »Related Articles
Seniors: When is it Time to "Let Go" of Control?
There comes a point for many aging seniors when they must defer control to a person they trust to make their decisions for them. While it may seem a long ways away, the ideal time to designate that person is while you’re still competent and able. What’s more, it is crucial to specify, via documentation, the person (or people) you choose to make decisions for you regarding legal matters, financial matters and more. For health-related decisions, an advanced health...Read the rest of this article »Related Articles
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