Useful Tools for Life Planning

Useful Tools for Life Planning

Spring (4-8 hours) | This course has been canceled

One Court Street Lebanon, NH 03766 United States

Room 2A

NEW

3/20/2020-4/3/2020

9:00 AM-11:00 AM EDT on Fri

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$40.00

Giving The Gift of “Peace of Mind” to Yourself and Your Loved Ones!

Do you have a written Medical Advance Directive? Have you appointed a Medical Power of Attorney? Have you reviewed and updated it in the last five years? Do you know where all your important documents are? Have you communicated this information with your family? If you answer “No,” to any of these questions, this course is for you! This course offers the tools that will allow you to say “Yes!” to these important questions.

  • 1. ENGAGE AND CONNECT: Group discussion generates and encourages participants to plan ahead, stay active in your community, and identify important tasks.

  • 2. DECIDING AND HONORING – Advance Care Planning: Participants receive Honoring Care Decisions approach developed by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. You will also receive both NH and VT Advance Care forms. Presentations will include medical terminology, including dementia, necessary to better understand how to select your health care agent to carry out your health care wishes, and how to have conversations with family.

  • 3. PREPARING AND HONORING: This tool provides a comprehensive list of essential information that can be used by the person(s) who will be responsible for managing or helping you manage your affairs if you have a significant illness, accident, become incapacitated, or at the time of your death.

  • There is a required reading packet: All participants will purchase the Study Leader-supplied three-ring binder containing all of the materials, including PowerPoint materials.

Richard (Dick) Davis has been involved in presenting various topics of “Aging” in the Upper Valley since he and his wife moved to Quechee in 2000 and then to Quail Hollow in 2015. He retired from the “business world” with a wide range of assignments, including director of manufacturing, president of a consumer products company, and consultant at University of Connecticut (Groton, CT) for Small Business Development Services of the SBA. He is a graduate of WPI and an emeritus trustee.