Be Prepared

Numerous articles being written regarding preparing for retirement. Tom Lauricella wrote a very good article in the Wall Street Journal today titled Making Final Choices While They're Yours. He provides a summarized breakdown of the important items you need to make sure you have in the event something occurs—power of attorney, living will, estate will, and beneficiaries for your estate, insurances, 401K, etc.

Most people aren’t prepared for unexpected occurrences--- but they ought to be. The CareTALK Gals have always been advocates of being prepared--- even for the younger generation. We believe it is never too early to have living wills, or estate wills. Accidents happen to everyone. The classic example is Ms. Schiavo. She was only 26 and yet she did not have living will which caused her family and husband to fight it out over court to interpret what her wishes would have been. Don’t let others guess--- be prepared.