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A
Good Life:
for you and your relative with a disability
by Al Etmanski
A Good Life is primarily for families,
friends and caregivers of people with
disabilities. It offers a step by step
guide to creating a plan for the future
which provides for the safety, security
and well being of people with disabilities.
It leads the reader to look beyond professional
human services when creating a safe and
secure future. It is designed to motivate
readers to action. Based on the successful
format of PLAN's first book, Safe and
Secure, this book is organized into Seven
Steps:
- Sharing
your Vision
- Building
Relationships
- Creating
a Home
- Making
a Contribution
- Ensuring
Choice
- Developing
Financial Security
- Securing
Your Plan.
The book is resplendent with warm, touching
stories which illustrate all points. The
style is easy to read, thought provoking
and enjoyable. At times spiritual, at
times philosophical, each chapter or step
offers timely, practical suggestions and
useful worksheets. The book taps into
the concerns of many families about the
limitations of the human service system
and presents a new way of thinking and
acting when considering the well being
of people with disabilities.
The final section, "Stepping Stones" will
attract readers to seek and appreciate
inspirational prose, poetry and passages
from wise writers and commentators throughout
the ages. The selections are related to
the themes addressed in each step. Among
the issues covered are:
- creating
a special needs trust
- discovering
the hidden gifts of people with disabilities
- letting
go - the toughest job for parents
- ending
the isolation and loneliness of individuals
with disabilities
- accumulating
and maximizing wealth
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reducing dependence on government assistance
- self
determination and individualized funding
- alternatives
to formal, legal guardianship
- seeing
beyond group home - creating homes as
sanctuary and haven
- will
and estate planning
Copyright
© 2000 Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network
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PLAN
- Planned Life Advocacy Network
#260 - 3665 Kingsway
Vancouver, B.C.
V5R 5W2
Telephone: (604) 439-9566
Fax: (604) 439-7001
E-mail: inquiries@plan.ca
Web site: www.plan.ca
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Description
of Resource: 328 pages, soft cover
Approximate
Cost: $39.95 (Canadian)
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