Annual Individual Personal Planning Week APRIL 14 - 22
~Statewide Calendar Events~
Governor Susana Martinez has designated April 14-22, 2012, as Annual Individual Personal Planning Week - (see Proclamation). This coincides with National Healthcare Decisions Day, April 16th, and this week in New Mexico includes Advance Health Care Directives, as well as powers of attorney for other matters.
We encourage everyone to sponsor events in their communities to discuss the importance of communicating and documenting their arrangements in advance for their future healthcare decisions, etc. We also encourage everyone to use the tools provided below and on our "Alternatives to Guardianship" video page.
Also a sample of a personal laminated wallet-size card regarding Health Care Power of Attorney for emergencies, and a sample template for a two sided 3x5 information card that can be put on the refrigerator. The 3x5 card is for Para-medics to get information quickly. These can be in a magnetized plastic holder.
This can be a significant community service for our friends and families. We need community leaders and others to organize community-wide campaigns state-wide for our Annual Individual Personal Planning Week - April 14-22, 2012. Gatherings can be informal with your family and friends, church groups, employees of local businesses, organizations, etc. Please let us know of what you would like to do to support this, and if we can be of any assistance (Ph: 505-476-7332 or Toll Free 888-779-6183; E-mail: cecilia.Salazar@state.nm.us).
Tools for the National Healthcare Decisions Day Initiative are at: http://www.nationalhealthcaredecisionsday.org/takeaction/organize_community , and at:
http://www.nationalhealthcaredecisionsday.org/userfiles/File/NHDD/2009/NHDD_Community_Outreach_PowerPoint.ppt.
Additional resources are listed below and attached. Please add your New Mexico event to the National Healthcare Decisions Day list of national, state and community organizations committed to this effort at: http://www.nhdd.org/2011/02/add-your-event-to-our-custom-searchable.html
The video, sample forms, and brochures are designed for your own presentations, and we can mail you the DVD, or you can view it from our website. We suggest having a local colleague with some experience with Advance Health Care Directives and Powers of Attorney.
Please feel free to forward this to anyone who may be interested.
Frank Fajardo, Manager
DDPC Office of Guardianship
810 W. San Mateo, Suite C, Santa Fe, NM 87505-4144
Ph: 505-476-7372, Fax: 505-476-7322
Website: http://www.nmddpc.com/page/office-of-guardianship
At: http://www.ababooks.org
- Advance Health Care Directives: A Handbook for Professionals
- A Guide to Family History, Financial Plans and Final Wishes
- The Law of Later-Life Health Care and Decision Making
- Residence Options for Older and Disabled Clients
Advance Health Care Directives: A Handbook for Professionals
By Scott K. Summers, Carol Krohm M.D.
http://apps.americanbar.org/abastore/index.cfm?section=Main&fm=Product.AddToCart&pid=5460034
Sponsoring Entity: ABA Senior Lawyers Division
Help your clients and patients plan, write, execute, and implement essential
"personal contingency plans" for health care decision-making.
Book includes a CD-ROM containing statutes and Advance Health Care Directives by state.
At: www.ababooks.org
The ABA Checklist for Family Heirs: A Guide to Family History, Financial Plans and Final Wishes
By Sally Balch Hurme
See at: http://apps.americanbar.org/abastore/index.cfm?section=main&fm=Product.AddToCart&pid=5460208
One of the kindest things you can do for your family is to spare them needless frustrations and stressful decisions at the time of your death. Many people live together for 50 years without discussing their wishes regarding life support, organ donations, funeral or memorial services, and burial or cremation. Without meaning to do so, they leave many distressing decisions for their loved ones. You can make your own death easier on your family and significant others by simply deciding on and recording your own preferences and this book is designed to help you every step of the way.
These records can be of great interest and value to you during your lifetime and can provide a sense of great freedom. The greatest satisfaction will be in knowing that if anything happens to you, you will be providing an invaluable resource for your heirs with your notes, your wishes, and the information in this book.
The ABA Checklist for Family Heirs is a wonderful tool for anyone needing assistance in organizing information for heirs. The book, which comes complete with a CD of documents that can be modified according to one's needs, includes the following checklists: personal history; family history; insurance; benefits for survivors; banking and savings; investments; real estate; debts; wills and trusts; and final wishes.
The book walks the reader through the process step-by-step with the goal of creating the most complete record possible. These records can be of great interest and value and can provide a real sense of freedom. The satisfaction will be in knowing that if anything happens, you and your clients will be providing an invaluable resource for their heirs with notes, wishes, and the information in this book.
At: www.ababooks.org
The Law of Later-Life Health Care and Decision Making
Author: Lawrence A. Frolik
See at: http://apps.americanbar.org/abastore/index.cfm?section=BestSellers&fm=Product.AddToCart&pid=5460041
This book provides a comprehensive description of the manner in which the law regulates and reacts to heath care and personal decision making for the elderly. Readers of this book will often find answers to their questions. Other times, there may not be a specific answer, but the reader will better understand the legal doctrine at issue. This book will be valuable as a guide that will point the reader along the direction of further research. It will also help the reader make sense of what can be a complicated and confusing mixture of federal and state statutes and case law.
Topics covered include:
- Paying for Health Care
- Long-Term Care Housing Options
- Paying for Long-Term Care
- Legal Implications of Mental Incapacity: Guardianship, Conservatorship & Powers of Attorney
- End of Life Decision Making
Residence Options for Older and Disabled Clients
Author: Lawrence A. Frolik
See at: http://apps.americanbar.org/abastore/index.cfm?section=Main&fm=Product.AddToCart&pid=5460044
Recent census figures report that more than 35 million Americans are age 65 or older. Medical and scientific discoveries have prolonged life expectancy, and this, in turn, has led to needs that are specific to older persons and their caregivers. One of the most pressing of these is the need for appropriate housing. This book is a comprehensive guide to the many different types of housing available for aging and disabled individuals. It starts with the most independent type of living, proceeds through transitional forms of housing and ends with an in-depth discussion of medically assisted housing. With this book you will learn not only about the various types of housing but the pros and cons of each.
Topics include:
- Condominiums and Cooperatives
- Planned Communities and Homeowner Associations
- Continuing Care Retirement Communities
- Assisted Living
- Group Homes for the Disabled
- Nursing Homes
- Hospice Care
- And more
So whether you are a lawyer, a financial planner, a geriatric case manager or a caregiver, this book will expand your knowledge of the various types of housing and will offer assistance in selecting the most appropriate place for a specific individual.
