Stay or Go? Where Will I Live When I Grow Old?
$30.00
Deciding on where to live as you age is about more than a floor plan and a meal plan — you need to plan for your functional future.
We are living longer, which means deciding where to live as we age may require . . . .
That’s what this course is for.
What This Course Gives You
Need Help? is a four-session structured course — built from real clinical and care-management practice — that walks you from “I don’t know where to begin” through deciding where to store your favorite things.
Each session comes with a substantive handout you work through on your own, at your own pace. The material is honest, practical, and direct — designed for people who are serious about doing this right.
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All materials provided are solely for educational purposes and do not constitute legal or tax advice.
About mary l. flett, phd
Dr. Mary is a psychologist with 30 years of clinical experience in aging and later life. She is the creator of the Five Pillars of Aging framework and shares her knowledge and experience through these self-paced courses, in her long-running blog on aging, and as a national speaker. Now retired from private practice, she consults with non-profits and policy advocates from her home in the Bay Area. Learn more and explore the full range of topics in her Lecture Library at drmaryflett.com
Take a look at what you’ll get . . .
SESSION 1
Determining Your Care Needs
Learning the acronyms, assess ADLs and IADLs, identify the type of care required — companion, personal, skilled nursing, dementia, or respite — and identifying your most urgent needs.
SESSION 2
Understanding Your Options
Compare agency versus independent hiring, understand costs and payment sources, and clarify cultural, language, and personality-fit preferences. Exploring your expectations of what should be available with what is more likely to be actually available.
SESSION 3
The Hiring Process
Create a job description that suits your needs, recruit viable candidates, screen by phone, and run a structured in-person interview with proven questions and red-flag checklists
SESSION 4
Managing the Relationship
Set up daily communication systems that work, go through a draft caregiver agreement, and brainstorm changes for handling problems as they come up in the short-term and down the road.
Built Around Two Central Questions:
What does my person actually need help with — and who is genuinely qualified and trustworthy enough to provide it?
That question — needs first, candidates second — runs through every session of this course.
