Personal Asset Resources for End-of-life Planning

Let’s face it, life and our stuff, is significantly more complicated than it was 20 or 30 years ago. Technology has made it so. Technology, while simplifying our lives immensely, has made for a very complicated departure.

Have you ever been the decision maker for someone else’s choices?  Not the little choices, like what outfit to wear, or where to eat dinner.  The big decisions. Where a person wants to be buried. How he wants to die, surrounded by family, or with medical professionals there. What kind of care she wants for her physical body - cremation, burial, body donation. Where the money goes after death.

Preparing for downsizing can be a difficult thing to do.  For us, it was simple. For my mother, it was not such an easy transition. 

Here are some facts that may help determine if you, or someone you love, should consider implementing a Power of Attorney.