We watched as a pandemic put America's health care system to the test. But the perfect storm of health care is yet to come. * In the approaching years and decades, more Americans will age and die than ever before in United States history. A lot more.* It is magical thinking to believe the ordinary rules of supply and demand don't apply to health care. They really do.* Leaving your own health care access and safety to chance--or in the hands of others--is folly. And dangerous.For decades, health care's policy makers and stakeholders have ignored America's inevitable aging demographics, the troubling spread of chronic medical conditions in all age groups and the mass exodus of health care professionals. They have no plans to address this looming crisis of health care access. In Patient or Pawn?, you'll learn the disturbing history of their epic fails; the indisputable facts of what's coming; and the critical self-preservation strategies you need now to protect your rights to informed consent, autonomy and safety.It's not surprising there's an unprecedented Elder Boom 70 years after an historic Baby Boom. Demography is destiny. * By 2030, there will be 17 million more seniors than today.* By 2035, half of today's health care workers will have retired. Patient or pawn? isn't a fix for America's health care system. It's a strategy for self-preservation in a perfect storm. The choice is yours. The time is now. Patient or pawn?

Patient or Pawn?: Epic fails in health care, the approaching perfect storm and strategies for self-preservation

Kline, Jo

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Murphy Publishing, LLC

USA BEST BOOK AWARDS WINNER! What you’ve heard is true. You need Health Care Advance Directives. Would you like to know why? In her award-winning 2006 book, "Last things first, just in case," attorney Jo Kline Cebuhar first addressed the approaching crisis surrounding aging and end-of-life care in America. The perfect storm she predicted is now peeking over America's horizon: • America's dramatically aging population • The dwindling financial and human resources available to address their needs • Our pervasive lack of health literacy. As the patient in the patient-provider relationship, only you can preserve your right to informed consent and autonomy by taking the steps necessary to achieve health literacy and be a more skilled and effective decision maker. Only you can prepare your trusted loved ones to act as informed substitute decision makers, if the need ever arises. As importantly, only you can achieve the health literacy needed to do the best job possible as an advocate for someone else. Considering, communicating and documenting your choice of a substitute decision maker and a process for shared decision making is a key element of achieving and practicing effective health literacy. Bringing together legal expertise, engaging stories and a plain-spoken narrative, Jo helps readers prepare to face the unique legal and medical challenges of death and dying in America. This user-friendly guide to creating and sharing effective health care advance directives includes: • The Four Simple Steps: Education, Delegation, Communication and Documentation. • The importance of a health care proxy and how to choose the most qualified advocate. • "Lightbulb moments!"—tips and shortcuts for effective advance health care planning. The right time to make a plan for managing health care and end-of-life care is while you still can. The time is now. The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care: "This book is written for the lay person and is by far the best and clearest that I have seen. If someone, anywhere—not just the USA—wants a book to explain what Advance Directives are all about, why they need them, and how to (and how not to) go about doing it, then I would be happy to recommend this book." - Dr. Roger Woodruff, Lifetime Board Member of IAHPC

2015 Edition - The practical guide to Health Care Advance Directives

Cebuhar, Jo Kline

Family Law

You've been thinking about your legacy. You think it's measured in dollars and cents. It's not. Your real legacy is your beliefs and values,life lessons and hopes for the future. An Ethical Will is the expression of that legacy. It's a message of what you believe, what you know and what you hope for, and it's meant to be shared with loved ones. The Ethical Will is a tradition that's as relevant today as when it was first practiced 3,500 years ago by Jacob in the Book of Genesis. In this economy, investments have diminished and many people are questioning whether they will have any wealth to pass on to heirs. The good news is that 77 percent of Baby Boomers and their parents think that the legacy of sharing values and life lessons is very important to receive and provide more important than financial assets and real estate, according to The Allianz Life Insurance Company's American Legacies Study. An Ethical Will can be used for sharing core beliefs and values, self-reflection, storytelling, reconciliation, identifying future aspirations, estate planning, charitable giving and even making a plan for health care at the end of life. You ve thought about sharing the lessons of your life but you didn t know where to begin. In SO GROWS THE TREE Creating an Ethical Will you'll learn that when it comes to creating an Ethical Will, the act of watching is more important than the art of writing. What reliable values have you observed throughout your life? What lessons did you learn? What are your aspirations going forward? SO GROWS THE TREE is really a workshop in a book: it shares the amazing history of Ethical Wills, the importance of leaving a legacy of values and easy-to-use methods for crafting a legacy to share with loved ones. Plus, SO GROWS THE TREE has a lay flat binding that makes it easy to take notes whenever inspiration strikes, and the book has extensive Endnotes that link you to lots of other useful resources. Life is a series of transitions: birth, death, divorce, separation, empty-nesting, a career change, a serious or chronic illness, retirement. Whether a time to count blessings or to mourn a loss, each and every one is an opportunity to gain and perhaps share wisdom. You may choose to write a simple letter, use your talents to craft an embellished photo album or scrapbook or get really creative and fashion a slideshow or an Ethical Cookbook containing the best of your family recipes and stories about those unforgettable cooks. SO GROWS THE TREE shows you how to identify the core values of your life and then how to express that legacy in the language and format that reflects the real you. Readers of SO GROWS THE TREE will discover: The historical and contemporary use of an Ethical Will to leave a legacy of beliefs, life lessons and hopes for your loved ones. How to use an Ethical Will to guide your plan for end-of-life care, estate distribution and Footprint Philanthropy to reflect your core values and beliefs. How to honor another person by creating an Ethical Tribute or Ethical Eulogy. An easy-to-use guide for creating and sharing your own unique Ethical Will. The variety of media available to express your Ethical Will and how to create an Ethical photo album, scrapbook, video, audio recording, genealogy, family cookbook or simple letter. 
 An Ethical Will is the message of what you believe, what you know and what you hope for. Let SO GROWS THE TREE show you how to create and share your real legacy with your loved ones.

SO GROWS THE TREE - Creating an Ethical Will: The legacy of your beliefs and values, life lessons and hopes for the future

Self-Help

Journal Writing

Who better than the pioneers of value-inspired philanthropy to teach us about giving? * In the coming years, $41 trillion in wealth will be transferred from the Greatest Generation to the Baby Boomers and on to the Boomer Echo. * The generosity of these demographic groups will determine the fate of America s 1.5 million nonprofits. * Using personal values to guide charitable giving forges a legacy that is measured in more than just dollars and cents. * The founders of America s most remarkable charities teach us that value-inspired philanthropy is a reflection of donors core principles, affirming what they stand for and how they want to be remembered. Whose big idea was that? shares the history of six iconic American charities and the stories behind each founder s fateful effort to solve a problem. These pioneers of Footprint PhilanthropyTM built legacies that continue to nurture and thrive today. Their examples of courage demonstrate the enduring legacy of philanthropy inspired and guided by beliefs and values. With heartwarming stories and user-friendly guidance, award-winning author and attorney Jo Kline Cebuhar shows: * Donors and supporters how to maximize the impact of their time, talents and treasures by identifying core values, making a giving plan and choosing causes that affirm the ethical legacy of what they stand for. * Fundraisers and development officers how to tell the story of their nonprofit organization, focusing on why their founders did what they did and how to engage donors by matching their core values with a charity s mission and vision. Knowing what you stand for is good, sharing the message of what you stand for is better and making a giving plan that affirms what you stand for is best.

Whose big idea was that? Lessons in giving from the pioneers of value-inspired philanthropy

Politics & Social Sciences

J.D.

Jo Kline Cebuhar

Social Sciences

Inside The Workshop Edition of SO GROWS THE TREE Creating an Ethical Will you will discover: *The historical and contemporary use of an Ethical Will to capture the message of your beliefs and values, life lessons and hopes for the future. *How to use an Ethical Will to draft end-of-life, estate and charitable giving plans (Footprint PhilanthropyTM) that reflect and foster your core values and beliefs. *The variety of media available to express your Ethical Will and how to create an Ethical photo album, scrapbook, video, audio tape, genealogy, family cookbook or simple handwritten letter. *How to honor another person by creating an Ethical Tribute or Ethical Eulogy. *An easy-to-use guide for creating and sharing your Ethical Will on your own or in a workshop setting. It s a book, including all the text of the First Edition of SO GROWS THE TREE Creating an Ethical Will. It s a workbook, with study aids to prompt discussion and sharpen your writing skills. It s a workshop one or many can benefit from a setting of instruction, practice and positive feedback. It s an audio book you can choose to listen to the DVD, which includes all the core text of the book. Finally, it s a slideshow. Narrated by the author, the DVD shows you the faces and places in the book. Praise for the First Edition of SO GROWS THE TREE Creating an Ethical Will: The most important legacy is a lifetime s wealth of personal values and life lessons. Practical guidance and can-do approach make SO GROWS THE TREE a must-read book for those who want to pass along what truly matters.Ken Dychtwald, Ph.D., author of A New Purpose: Redefining Money, Family, Work, Retirement, and Success Having a will allows you to pass along your valuables. Leaving a legacy allows you to pass along your values. We must do both, correctly, to impact future generations. Jim Stovall, author of The Ultimate Gift and The Ultimate Life Jo Kline Cebuhar captures and helps us realize an ideal that we all long for: leaving a meaningful legacy for our loved ones. SO GROWS THE TREE is a hard-working, yet amazingly inspirational book, a must-have for anyone with a story to tell. Carol Field Dahlstrom, publisher of Creating Together Journal

The Workshop Edition of SO GROWS THE TREE - Creating an Ethical Will - The legacy of your beliefs and values, life lessons and hopes for the future