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Senior Crisis – Long Term Care Planning in NJ

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FAMILY CHALLENGES WITH LEGAL WILLS

A long distance family caregiver asked Expert Home Care to provide in-home, non medical care for her mother, age 78. Her mother had not planned well for aging, therefore left the daughter to carry the bulk of her care and long term planning. She tells us her story…

When my mother fell ill in her late 70’s, our family encountered a number of challenges in dealing with her medical care and associated finances. Unfortunately, after having a stroke, she was no longer in a sound mind to determine what she wanted in terms of her medical care, and we were unable to access her finances that we knew she had set aside for emergencies of this type. 

My mother had previously discussed her wishes regarding long-term care should the need arise, as well as her limitations regarding resuscitation; and while it had been in her mind to create a Living Will to legally document her requirements, she never got around to it before this crisis hit and that made the whole process all the more difficult.

The doctors seemed to be under the impression that she would pull through, but she also hadn’t created a Last Will and Testament, and not being in a “sound mind” would not be able to put this together legally in order to distribute her assets and finances should a tragedy occur.

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Aging NJ Seniors – Home Care Planning

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Expert Home Care delivers home health services to seniors at home. We help seniors live at home safely and independently in New Jersey. Here’s more information on whether you should consider a will or a living trust for your estate planning in NJ. We can be reached at  (800) 848-2336.

NJ Seniors Seek Simple Wills

You probably have read and heard throughout your life that if all you is take care of your legal affairs, you should write a will. That’s great advice. Keep in mind that when you don’t make a will before your death, then state law will determine who gets your property – the bad news it may not be whom you would have chosen!

What might be worse.. is a judge may decide who will raise your children. In your will, you can make these decisions yourself. Forget the fancy trusts you’ve heard about: most people can get by with only a basic will.

Maybe all you need is a basic will, you can confidently use a good self-help book or software to make a legally binding will that:

  • leaves your property to the people and organizations you choose
  • names a guardian to care for your minor children if you can’t
  • names someone to manage property you leave to minor children (yours or someone else’s), and
  • names your executor, the person with authority to make sure that the terms of your will are carried out.

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