PEACE OF MIND/A GOOD LIFE

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CD-ROM & BOOK • PMGL664W

Price $64.95

Program Contents: 330 pages Soft-covered book and Single Station WIN/MAC CD-ROM.

Captioning: N/A

System Requirements: Windows - Microsoft Windows ME/98/NT/2000/XP, 32 MB RAM, QuickTime 5.0.2 or Greater MAC - MAC OSX 10.1.4 or greater, MAC OS 9.0 or greater, 32 MB RAM, Quicktime 5.0.2 or greater

Copyright Date: 2004

(Not Sold Individually)

Both the book "A Good Life" and the "Peace of Mind" CD-ROM are based on real life experiences.

Peace of Mind CD-ROM is a practical and caring interactive tool to help you plan for the future of your relative with a disability. It combines personal stories, testimonials, tips, and worksheets to get you started on your path to peace of mind.

"Peace of Mind" CD-ROM is based on the book "A Good Life",

Contents include:
• An introduction
• Clarifying your vision
• Building relationships
• Creating a home
• Making a contribution
• Ensuring choice
• Developing financial security
• Securing your plan

A Good Life Book 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 services and programs in planning for the future and focus on what is needed to create a good life. More details here.

Every parent whose child lives with a disability struggles with the same question: "Who will look after my child after I'm gone?"

If you're thinking about...
• Wills and estate planning...
• Supported decision-making...
• Developing a circle of support...
• Alternatives to legal guardianship...

A Good Life is an essential resource.

Organized into Seven Steps:
• Sharing your Vision
• Building Relationships
• Creating a Home
• Making a Contribution
• Ensuring Choice
• Developing Financial Security
• Securing Your Plan

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
• reducing dependence on government assistance
• self determination and individualized funding
• alternatives to formal, legal guardianship
• seeing beyond group homes - creating home as sanctuary and haven
• will and estate planning
• confronting death and other mortal fears