Michelle Livesley talks about good person-centred paperwork
Read Helen’s blog on Learning with Ellen
Jane’s guest blogger this month, is her sister Jo – A cancer co-survivor story
Charlotte is speaking at the Annual Supported Living Conference on the 28th June 2012
Helen’s guest blogger this month is Caroline Tomlinson – Extending the breadth of circles of support
17 January 2012
Re-writing my will has been on my mind for a while - well nearly 16 years actually! I know from both my own experience, and that of countless other family carers, that is a very hard thing to get around to. It is so painful, thinking about a future when we will not be around to love and protect our children and it probably isn't melodramatic to suggest that nobody else will care quite as much as we do. The legal stuff about money and possessions is relatively straightforward but the business of 'trusts' is far more complex and none of it is even vaguely person centred! To me, person-centred thinking is key to the whole process - there is no way to predict when I will die or what sort of life Sarah Jane will be living at that point - so in my 'letter of wishes'.....
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