“What-if” End-of-Life Planning Blog
Overcoming Procrastination – How Families Can Start End-of-Life Planning Today
Don’t wait until it’s too late—start your family’s end-of-life planning today! Whether you’re a young stay-at-home parent or an adult child of aging parents, now is the time to protect your loved ones, save money, and gain peace of mind. Learn the essential steps to secure your family’s future, including starting conversations, evaluating your current plans, and booking estate planning consultations. Take action now to avoid leaving your family vulnerable.
Talking to Reluctant Parents About End-of-Life Planning: Tips for Adult Children
Starting the conversation about end-of-life planning with your parents can be tough, especially when they don’t want to talk about it. In this post, we share practical strategies to help you navigate these sensitive discussions, from asking simple questions to leading by example. By encouraging them to prepare their affairs now, you’ll be giving both them and your family peace of mind for the future
Life Insurance: What, Who, Where, When, Why and How Much
Life insurance should be a top priority in your planning for the future, especially for younger families with children still living at home.
Avoid a Family Scavenger Hunt: How to Keep End-of-Life Documents Safe and Accessible
When it comes to end-of-life planning, one of the most important steps you can take is ensuring your documents are both safe and accessible.
Top 10 Reasons Every Stay-At-Home Parent Must Take Charge of the Family’s End-of-Life Plan
The top 10 reasons every stay-at-home parent should make sure their family has a what-if-the-breadwinning-partner-doesn’t-make-it-home-tonight plan.
Caskets or Cauldrons? Unveiling the Quirky World of Final Resting Places
What to do with a body when you or your loved one crosses over to the great beyond? We dive into the age-old debate of burial vs. cremation and explore a few other intriguing options that have popped up in recent years.
Cemetery Selection Guide for Families
If your end-of-life plans involve a burial, cemetery selection can be one of the hardest decision-making processes you go through. There are many factors to consider when choosing the right cemetery for you and/or your loved ones and it can be a stressful process.
How Hurricanes Answer the Question, “Should I Have an End-of-Life Plan?”
Tropical storm Hilary hitting California is a reminder that disasters can strike anywhere at any time. It should also serve as motivation to have our affairs in order through end-of-life planning to protect family members from unnecessary hardships when an accident or illness impacts your family.
The Gift That Keeps on Giving: Life Insurance for Young Couples and Individuals
While you may not find life insurance on many wedding or baby shower registries, gifting a new policy to a young couple or individual is a terrific way to protect their family’s future.
Term versus Permanent
For most people, life insurance should be a key component of your end-of-life plans. It can play a huge role in easing the burden of death by allowing the surviving spouse to hire others to help with day-to-day tasks and/or replace lost income and keep paying the bills. The two main types of life insurance are described in this blog.
Planning for a Funeral
Whether it’s called a funeral, memorial, or celebration of life, honoring the deceased is a custom upheld by most families and communities. Many decisions must be made to prepare for and carry out a service. What happens to the body? Where will the remains reside? What kind of casket or urn is desired? Though each of these components could be a blog all by themselves, this week’s blog addresses what may be the driving force behind how you answer each these questions -- cost.
Spring Time Renewal all Around
While we appreciate how the rain and snow in Oregon sustains a diverse wildlife while keeping the grass green, the lakes and rivers filled, and the flowers blooming, we’re looking forward to this year’s spring and its symbolism of rebirth and renewal.
I Came. I Saw. I Conquered
This week we look at how we can apply one of Julius Caeser’s most famous quotes to end-of-life planning, “Veni. Vidi. Vici.” I came. I saw. I conquered.
“St. Patty’s Luck of the Irish”
While we celebrate the “luck of the Irish” on St. Patrick’s Day, luck is practically non-existent when it comes to getting your affairs in order.
Top Nine End-of-Life Planning Mistakes
Mistakes are a part of life. Unfortunately, when it comes to end-of-life planning, we don’t get do-overs. We examine the top nine mistakes we and others in our support group made and how you can avoid them in your planning.
Planning for Post-Death Healing Expenses
In this week’s tip, we’ll examine some of the additional post-death expenditures that you may want to factor into your end-of-life planning financial plan. These are expenses that are above and beyond what most people think of when it comes to “death expenses,” such funeral/burial/cremation, medical bills, and legal expenses to execute a will or trust.
Top Five Reasons to Get Your Affairs in Order NOW!
We often don’t get “groundhog day”, second chances in real life, especially when it comes to end-of-life planning. With that in mind, we share our top five reasons why now is the time to get your end-of-life affairs in order.
Financial Preparation for Your People
In today’s tip, we focus on financial preparation for your people -- those family, friends, and associates who in some way depend on you financially, will mourn your passing, and will need resources and comfort to move forward in life without you.
Make this the Year to Act
Now that we’re into 2023, it’s appropriate to look forward to the year ahead. Our goal at Prepare Your Affairs is help you attain the peace of mind that comes with getting your end-of-life affairs in order. In this week’s tip, we offer some suggestions about how to go about accomplishing this task.
Where to Buy Life Insurance
Life insurance should be a key component in the financial plan for most families preparing for the death of a loved on whom they are dependent in some way. In this week’s tip we’ll discuss the pros and cons of the different ways to acquire life insurance.