"Lifetime Planning For People
With Disabilities And Their Families"
Here is a Planning Checklist
to help you determine
where you are in the planning process.
Will your Special person have the same Quality of Life that he/she now enjoys today?
Yes
No
1.
Have you defined the supports you believe your special person will need
in the future in order to survive in the future?
Yes
No
2.
Have you defined the type of housing your child will live in? (Check the choice that best applies)
a.
My child will be dependent upon the State for housing and
supervision.
b.
I intend to leave my home as a group home.
c.
I intend to purchase a condo for my child or to leave funds for
that purpose
d.
I intend that my child with disabilities will live with his or her
siblings
Yes
No
3.
Do you have a written FUTURE CARE PLAN to let others know what you want
in the future?
Yes
No
4.
Have you asked someone to serve as an Advocate or Guardian?
Yes
No
5.
Do you understand all of the government benefit programs that are
available to you?
Yes
No
6.
Have you set aside adequate funds so that your Special person will have a
comfortable lifestyle?
Yes
No
7.
Have you prepared written instructions for the person's final
arrangements?
Yes
No
8.
Do you or your spouse have current Wills which will
exclude your child with a disability?
Yes
No
9.
Do you have a Special Needs Trust to manage current and
future resources?
Yes
No
10.
Have you met with relatives and friends to let them know about your plan?
Yes
No
11.
Have you reviewed your Future Care Plan in the last year?
Yes
No
12.
Do you feel that you have done everything possible for your Special
person's future?
If you could not answer YES to all of the
above, it's probably time
to bring in the Special Needs Team (LIFE PLANNING INSTITUTE)
to begin LIFE PLANNING
