Legal Considerations & Elderly Care Services in Gainesville, FL, and surrounding areas

Find out how your loved one can get their legal affairs in order with help from elderly care services

No one likes thinking about death, particularly when it intersects with legal considerations. It is an uncomfortable topic for anyone, particularly if we are talking about someone close to us that we love very much. However, thinking ahead about these things can help us prepare for the worst and at least take some of the pressure off.

You should do all you can to prepare for a potential medical emergency your loved one could have. To begin with, you should gather all their important documents in one place. It is important that not only is this information in one place and elderly care services recommends that they are easily accessible. This documentation should include your parent's birth certificate, social security records, health and life insurance information, including policy numbers, names and addresses of primary care physician and medical specialists as well as medical history, special arrangements made for health care, including advance directives, funeral prearrangements, Medicare documents, trust documents, will, sources of income and assets, bank statements and safe deposit box locations, mortgage papers, investment records, negotiable securities, credit card information, most recent income tax return, loan papers, military discharge papers, marriage license, and divorce papers.

Next, elderly care services recommend that you and your loved one should speak with their medical team to find out what sort of major medical events your loved one is at risk for. This way, your loved one can take into consideration what they would want to happen in each situation and put all of these instructions in a medical directive. Besides a medical directive, your loved one should select a healthcare proxy. This person does not have to be a family member, but they do need to be someone you and your loved one trust will follow their wishes.

To find out more about legal considerations you and your loved one should take, please give Comfort Keepers elderly care services a call. We are happy to answer any questions you may have.