Perhaps we become more thoughtful as we age, or at least once we hit our 80s?  We are told that the older part of our population in the USA is among the “fasting growing” and it pays to think about the issues involved.
Having an elder law attorney or firm on your side might be a smart thing to do, and seeing them BEFORE a crisis hits, smarter still.
Here are four links, some more oriented to policy wonks, and one more poignant:
hhttps://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/2010_census/cb11-cn192.html
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21601253-ageing-economy-will-be-slower-and-more-unequal-oneunless-policy-starts-changing-now
https://www.naela.org
http://www.nytimes.com/video/nyregion/100000003814639/on-life-and-death-after-85.html?WT.mc_id=VI-D-E-SOURCEB-AD-VAR-VIDEO-AUG-2015-NA&WT.mc_ev=click&kwp_0=38004&kwp_4=216493&kwp_1=182202
 
Contact our firm if you have questions or concerns, or if we can help.  Call us at 571 853-8015.  Our office is in Grand Ledge but we also, with the proper arrangements, can visit clients in a hospital, nursing home, assisted living center, their home or apartment, or elsewhere.