Last Rights: Taking Care with Your Final Journey
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"...an amalgam of philosophy, poetry and pragmatism. It is exactly the sort of resource that can help us take back life’s end." Ira Byock, M.D., author, Dying Well
ProloguexiiiIntroduction11Living Your Eulogy7Sample Eulogy8My Eulogy112Your Obituary13Key Information for Your Obituary15My Survivors17My Obituary193Introduction to Estate Planning234The Patients' Creed275Advance Medical Directives29Introduction to the Living Will31Helpful Information for Writing My Living Will32What Life Means to Me41Helpful Information for Choosing My Healthcare Agent43Safeguarding Your Wishes44Free to Be456Planning and Attending Your Own Memorial Service: The Last Dance477An Introduction to Hospice51Hospice--A New Way of Seeing and Being55Eligibility for Hospice56Paying for Hospice57Deciding on Hospice57Some Thoughts on Dying62My Own Thoughts on How I Would Like to Die638Donating Organs and Tissues67Facts You Should Know About Organ and Tissue Donation67Organ/Tissue Donation Instructions69Sudden Death72Suicide759Preplanning: Now to Do a Really Hard Thing81Body Donation--The Simplest Approach82Harsh Truths Erupt Even in Sacred Places8310The Role of the Clergy85The Services of the Funeral Home88The Services of a Cemetery or Memorial Park91Borrowing from Each Other's Traditions96Jewish Funeral Customs97Islamic Funeral Customs105Christian Funeral Customs110A Father's Day Message115Preplanning Versus Prepaying118Veterans Information121Social Security Information126About Life127The Importance of Community12711Epilogue13312Ten Truths About Grief135Grieving Is Living139A Eulogy for Sammy143AppendixQuestionnaires and Forms147Checklist of Questionnaires and Forms147My Personal Information149My Medical History151My Family153If I Become Incapacitated156Living Will and Appointment of Healthcare Agent157Durable Power of Attorney162Long-Term Healthcare Insurance181Upon My Death182To Those First on the Scene--Initial Information Upon My Death183Persons to be Notified185Key Advisors and Institutions to be Contacted187My Funeral Arrangement Choices189Anatomical and Disposition Information189Cremation Instructions191Ceremony Preferences192My Choice of Funeral Home Services194Things to Be Cancelled196Why You Need a Last Will and Testament198Sample Last Will and Testament199Asset Information203Life Insurance Policies203Bank Account(s) and Safe Deposit Box(es)205Brokerage Accounts207Stocks and Bonds Held at Home or in Safe Deposit Box(es)208Other Investments209Tangible Personal Property Inventory210Disbursement of Special Items212Living Trusts213Things I May Not Have Told You Yet214Statement of Wishes214Special Messages to Those I Love215Last Minute Changes216Special Instructions and Information216Acknowledgements217Suggested Readings221Resources223Index225About the Author227
