About South Florida Elder Law Attorney, Alice Reiter Feld

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Alzheimer’s and the End of Life-You Need to Know This!

Our Firm recognized National Healthcare Decisions Day on thursday, April 14th with an event held at The Atrium of Boca Raton.  It’s a day recognized for its importance for advance care planning. Perhaps you recollect a particular case in point, Terry Schiavo. 

Executing a particular suite of legal documents called Advance Directives is imperative. These documents ensure that the individual(s) YOU have designated to act on your best interests can do, and the medical measures that YOU want to take…or not…are respected. Assigning someone to act with your Power via a Durable Power of Attorney, choosing a Healthcare Surrogate and executing a Living Will are three of the most important decisions you will ever make.

But End of Life Planning is so much more than
preparation of documents.

End of life planning poses moral and ethical issues,
 especially for the family with a loved one with
 Alzheimer’s or other memory disorder.  

 You may come across this issue more often than you would like.

This is why our firm hosts an event marking this day, every year.

Our Speakers included:  Alice Reiter Feld, Esq., PA, CELA, to discuss the legal issues, The Reverend Darla Broden, of VITAS Hospice, to discuss the moral issues and Special Guest Speaker, Dr. Leonard Hock, Chief Medical Officer, of Hospice by the Sea, to discuss the medical issues.

And, introducing our all-new Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support online resource center at: http://www.southfloridamemorylawyer.com/ - it’s FREE and loaded with valuable information for those of you who are caring for an Alzheimer’s patient, or know someone who is, and for professionals who deal with this illness in their day to day lives.

To learn more about the Elder Care services that we provide under the Elder Law Umbrella, call The Law Offices of Alice Reiter Feld and Associates at 954.726.6602
or
visit www.florida-elderlaw.com

And additional links that offer other useful information FREE, brought to you by
The Law Offices of Alice Reiter Feld and Associates:
www.learnvabenefits.com/reiterfeld
www.estateandlonglifeplan.com/reiterfeld


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