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Title: Thinking Ahead: A Special Kind of Planning
Author : The Exceptional Parent
Release Date : January 01, 2009
Genre: Marketing & Sales,Books,Business & Personal Finance,Professional & Technical,Education,
Pages : * pages
Size : 50 KB

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None of us like to think about our own serious illness or death. As a result 75 percent of American adults fail to plan for the care they might want when these events eventually occur. Even more difficult to contemplate is the final illness or death of our parents or children. For special needs families, such difficulty should not stand in the way of action. Parents who have not already done so should complete their own advance directives for healthcare naming an agent to make decisions when that parent becomes unable to make his or her own choices. These directives should state as clearly as possible the parents' values and choices regarding these difficult decisions to guide their care at the end of life. Adult children with special needs should be encouraged to think ahead so that their wishes and values can be honored.