Elder Law is an extension and refinement of estate planning. An Elder Law attorney can assist with aspects of long term care planning such as  wills, trusts and medical and financial powers of attorney. They can also help you decide what type of care options exist for your older loved ones and how to pay for that care.
Why Long Term Care Planning Is Important
Using a competent Elder Law attorney can seriously reduce the stress you experience as a caregiver of an older adult or disabled person. Unlike many other expenditures in life, an Elder Law attorney can save you mo…

Thanksgiving is right around the corner. So, we thought it an opportune time to tell you how grateful we are for you – all the Friends Life Care members and friends. Enjoy the day.  Focus on feelings of gratitude.  And share the time with family and friends if you may.

Below is a short video from the Friends Life Care YouTube channel which gives ideas about incorporating the habit of practicing daily practice into your life. It is a great idea to consider for Thanksgiving time or any time.

Featuring:
Gina Bass, MSSW, LSW — former …

Friends Life Care is a Quaker-based nonprofit with a mission to help older adults age successfully. Since the beginning, Friends Life Care has been committed to this mission for over 30 years and is proud to have served thousands of aging adults.
Friends Life Care Members – We Are Grateful
For anyone reading this who is already a member, we are grateful for you!  If you have friends or family who you think might have an interest in joining, please let us know. We’d appreciate the opportunity to tell them more about Friends Life Care. Here is a free Retirement Checklist …

In the January post for Friends Talk, I focused on the Quaker testimony of Equality.  This seemed to be a good fit with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day  which Friends Life Care commemorated with an organization-wide gathering.  And so, even though it was out of order with the Quaker acronym SPICES (Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality, Stewardship), it seemed especially timely.  Now I am back in order with this post on Peace.

In learning about this important value of Quakerism,  I found that Peace had a meaning strongly connected to social justice and was …

Friends Life Care is a Quaker-values based, nonprofit organization. We help to take care of members who choose to age at home. In my position as a plan counselor, I am often asked how Quaker values are incorporated into the work we do.

This begins a blog series on Quakerism.  In it, we will explore Quaker values and how they pertain to our organization, the members we serve and the work we do in our community.

Some of you who are reading this post may be Friends and already know much more than me about the history, values and expression of Quakerism.  For others, my…