Give me an example of someone who waited too late to get a Life Care Plan and what were the consequences of waiting?

Two sisters came to my office because Mom was in the Nursing Home recuperating from a broken foot. They felt they were not going to be able to physically take care of Mom themselves and needed some help. They got a Life Care Plan.

Our Elder Care Coordinator came to Mom’s home as the sisters where getting the home ready for Mom’s return. As our Elder Care Coordinator was walking around looking for trip hazards which needed to be addressed she told the two sisters that the corner of the bedspread needed to be tucked under the bed because Mom might fall on it when she returned home. The two sisters looked at each other sheepishly and said that’s exactly where Mom had fallen and broken her foot which was the reason she had to go to the hospital and was now in the nursing home for the last month. What if we had done a Life Care Plan just a month earlier? Maybe Mom wouldn’t have tripped on the bedspread and maybe Mom wouldn’t have broken her foot and ultimately ended up in a nursing. Get a Life Care Plan before you think you really need it.