Aging with Dignity of Tallahassee, FL, has produced a tremendously helpful document called Five Wishes that helps users think through the answers to key questions Living Wills are meant to answer, questions having to do with

1. The person you want to make care decisions for you when you are unable.
    
2. The kind of medical treatment you will want . . . or don’t want when in extremis (near death).
    
3. How comfortable you want to be when in extremis.
    
4. How you will want people to treat you when in extremis.
    
5. What you want your loved ones to know with respect to you wishes at–and after–death.

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I know Sarita’s mom has has been deeply concerned that she might suffer some kind of physical ailment–perhaps fall down the stairs, have a heart attack, who knows what–and no one would find her for days.

As a result, Sarita and her sister make it a point, between them, to call Mom twice a day–one in the morning, one in the evening–just to ensure that Mom is being well taken care of.

And then I read of Carrier Alert, a wonderful service from the U.S. Postal Service. Read the rest of this entry »