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January, 2013
IN THIS ISSUE:
Susan's Picks
A New FREE Service
Featured Article-
Do you have to take care of your parents?
MY WATCHDOG
a Disaster Plan In Place?
Book Signing-
Please come, support the author and get your book signed! PAGES is located at 904 Manhattan Avenue, Manhattan Beach
Have you picked-up your copy? Available on Amazon! at Barnes and Noble, and other book stores.
Susan's 2013
"Raising UP
Your Parents"
Seminar Schedule
All events begin at 10 am, end at 1 pm, and are FREE!
Saturday,
(To register, click on the link above)
March 9, Pasadena Hilton
April 20, Culver City
June 1, Warner Center Marriott
July 13, Torrance Marriott
August 17, Thousand Oaks
September 21, Studio City
October 5, West Hollywood/Los Feliz
November 16, Newport Beach
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Still thinking about doing an estate plan?
Call Susan and she will walk you through it. Call (310) 897-7434 or email her, susanbgeffen@gmail.com
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Contact Information:SAGE Consulting, Inc. 819 N. Harbor Drive, #228 Redondo Beach, California 90277 susanbgeffen@gmail.comOffice: (310) 406-0608 Fax: (310) 773-9263
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Susan's Picks
A New FREE Service From Susan 
What is Susan's Picks?
Susan's Picks is a FREE referral service on Susan's website that helps you find honest, reliable companies serving baby boomers and seniors. Companies cannot simply "pay" to be listed. If Susan doesn't know them or hasn't worked with them, they must complete an application and be approved.
Look for companies that have Susan's "Seal of Approval" pictured above.
How it works: Simply enter your zip code and then select the category. It's a free service. Try it out. Click Here
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Featured Article
Do you have to take care of your parents?
What happens if they need of long term care but cannot pay for it? Currently 28 states (listed at the end of this article) have laws which can make adult children financially responsible for their parents' necessities of life.
Typically this happens when the parents do not have the means to pay for such necessities.
These laws are referred to as "filial responsibility laws" and have been used by nursing homes and other long term care facilities located in the states that recognize them as a means to seek reimbursement for unpaid bills.
Sixteen of these states impose civil penalties - they can come after your assets or income if you fail to support your parents.
In the eight states where filial responsibility entails criminal penalties, a prosecutor could actually put you in jail. Four states take both approaches.
In Massachusetts, for instance, someone who "unreasonably neglects" to support a parent who is destitute or too infirm to maintain himself could face up to a year in prison plus a $200 fine.
But filial responsibility laws are very rarely enforced; 11 of the 28 states that have them have never used them. I have never seen any adult child get in hot water either civilly or criminally here in California.
Click here for rest of article
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MY WATCHDOG
Alerting you to the latest scams, elder abuse, and things that are just plain WRONG!
Do you have a disaster plan in place?
In order for me to watch over you, it is imperative that you exist! I just wanted to take this opportunity to make sure that you all have a disaster plan and an earthquake kit.
After seeing what happened on the East Coast, I feared for many and mostly senior citizens or the infirm.
If you know of an older adult who lives on their own please help them with this. They may be physically impaired or frail or have cognitive impairment and they will need to know how to safely navigate a disaster.
If they have a hearing impairment they may not be able to respond to emergency signals and this could be fatal.
To get some great tips, click onto the link below and you will see a pamphlet by the Red Cross entitled Disaster Preparedness for Seniors, by Seniors.
Click Here
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