Solo Agers don't talk much about their wishes with friends and family.
I include quasi-solo agers like myself in that group because we may have partners or kids or best friends who don't necessarily live nearby.
Sickness and advanced age present certain challenges for many of us solo agers.
The most important thing we can do is to open up conversations with our loved ones, whether they are our biological or chosen family, or friends!
We simply must determine and communicate our wishes.
And then we need to plan and communicate those plans to our doula, our health care proxy, our doctors, lawyers, landlords, our handy people who can help with at home modifications, our care managers and our other community people who can help make sure our wishes are known, respected and followed.
Wouldn't that be a relief? Wouldn't you sit back and enjoy the sunset even more if you knew your end of life plan was settled?
Avoiding planning, not talking, not deciding is not the way forward to peace.
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