Resources

End of life planning resources and senior services:

  • Dying with Dignity, CA law update:  https://www.compassionandchoices.org/california-state-data-on-end-of-life-option-act-confirms-it-is-working-well.
  • Digital Assets:  We set up estate plans for our money, our homes, our  keepsakes, our pets —  but what about our digital assets? Your photos, your social media posts, and your music, books and other digital assets,  are a key part of your legacy.   Do these live on after your death? If so, who controls their use when you are gone?  Visit:  www.digitaldeath.com.
  • Senior Network Services, 17th Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA (831) 462-1433, or visit: www.seniornetworkservices.org​
  • Hospice of Santa Cruz County, for hospice and palliative care (831) 430-3000, or visit: www.hospicesantacruz.org.
  • Advocacy for patient rights (ombudsman) in long term care in skilled nursing facilitites or residential care facilities (831) 429-1913, or visit: www.Advocacy,Inc.org.  Provides list of skilled nursing facilities in Santa Cruz County
  • ​Professional Fiduciaries:  www.pfac-pro-.org
  • The Coalition for Compassionate Care of CA  (916)489-2222.
  • Family Meeting Facilitator:  Karen Calcagno of Advantage Family Business Center (831) 475-4479, or visit: www.advantagefamilybusinesscenter.com
  • End of Life Planning Guide, visit www.sevenponds.com  
  • Last Respects Consulting, Holly Blue Hawkins (831) 588-3040, consultant and deathcare advocate for environmentally appropriate burials, ethical/spiritual Wills, visit: www.lastrespectsconsulting.com
  • Living and Dying Consciously Project:  https://www.livinganddyingconsciouslyproject.org/resources 
  • Asset Preservation Strategies, for Medicaid & Veterans benefit planning for nursing & long term care: www.planningaps.com, (888) 666-8578
  • End of Life/Aging Matters video series, NPT Reports, www.wnpt.org/agingmatters.  Excellent, excellent in depth report on aging baby boomers in America and how healthcare is not prepared for tsunami of deaths.
  • Evidential Spiritual Medium - psychic reading the dead.  Michelle Murnin Paulson.  www.afourytale.com
  • ​Betterplaceforests.com - memorial forest in Santa Cruz county (alternative to a cemetery) for spreading ashes near the north part of the Forest of Nisine Marks










Disclaimer: I am not an attorney. I can assist you with preparation of documents at your specific direction. I am not a law firm and cannot represent customers in court  or give legal or tax advice. Because needs vary from customer to customer, you should seek the advice of an accredited CPA or tax attorney if you have questions regarding tax issues involving your estate.

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