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Creating a Family Tree
Some people find building a family tree gives them a sense of place within a historical context, others enjoy the idea of piecing together a puzzle, while others might use it to create a family medical history. No matter your reasoning for creating a family tree, you will find that personal computers and Internet-based resources have made genealogy searches so much more accessible to people. Building a family history is easier now that information such as marriage and birth...Read the rest of this article »Related Articles
Recording the Family History: A Legacy Project Interview
One of the most powerful tools in the Legacy Project is the interviewing of family and friends of a person who is nearing the end of their life or facing a life-threatening illness. When a person is being forced to confront death, an interview can be one of the ways to crystallize an individual's understanding of what their personal vision of symbolic immortality is. It can also bring family members closer together by having everyone explain their perceptions and...Read the rest of this article »Related Articles
Legacy of Love: Making Your Wishes Known
Whether you are healthy, just growing old or nearing the end of your life, it is a wise move and a gift of love to your family and friends to make arrangements for end-of-life care before you are either gravely ill or dying. Your Legacy of Love for your family and friends can, with careful thought and compassion, be one of clear decisions and planned social and financial arrangements, a house swept clean of personal, financial and business cobwebs....Read the rest of this article »Related Articles
Advance Planning: Making Tough End of Life Decisions
Several months ago, I received a copy of a very thought-provoking book, The Best Way to Say Goodbye: A Legal Peaceful Choice at the End of Life, by Stanley A. Terman, PhD, MD. It is an exhaustive resource on a method that can be used to end one’s life through the voluntary refusal of food and fluids. It is difficult for most people to discuss end of life. It only gets more difficult when you consider when and under...Read the rest of this article »Related Articles
Essential Legal Documents: What Are Advanced Directives, Living Wills and Powers of Attorney?
What Legal Documents Do I Need? There are three legal documents you need, at a minimum. It is in your best interests to appoint a health care proxy, someone who acts on your behalf in the event that you cannot make decisions for yourself due to medical incapacitation. You should also have a living will, which states the procedures you would want (or not want) performed in specific situations. Drafting a power of attorney for your financial affairs is also...Read the rest of this article »Related Articles
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