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By Charlotte Bishop on 4/30/2011 7:52 AM
This is my last posting of our three-part series with John Wank, President of the Illinois Guardianship Association.  He concludes our series with these answers to some final questions.

What are the limits, liabilities and responsibilities of guardianship? Guardianship is a public legal proceeding, with all cases beginning with the filing of a detailed medical report that will be viewed by the judge, a guardian ad litem and others.  Personal and financial information of all kinds may then become a subject of the guardianship proceeding and open to public view.  Persons with the ability to plan often consider the establishment of health-care proxies (powers of attorney, living wills) and other legal alternatives such as the trusts, joint ownership accounts, estate plans, and the like. Guardianship is always available for those who cannot plan or fail to do so. Can there be separate guardians for financial, health and other needs? Yes....
By Charlotte Bishop on 4/22/2011 7:45 AM
As a geriatric care manager, I work with court-appointed guardians.  You may recall from a blog last December, Caregiver or Guardian, we talked about guardianship.  I had the really good fortune to speak with John Wank, President of the Illinois Guardianship Association.  Mr. Wank also is General Counsel of the Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, a state agency.  He answered a lot of the questions I have heard from our clients.  This is going to take a few postings to get through them all.  Here are some questions and his answers for a start. What is a guardian? A guardian is a person appointed by a court to make personal or financial decisions for another person who has been found by the court to be incapacitated (a disabled person, under the Illinois definition) and unable to make decisions.  All guardianship in Illinois is governed...

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Great article Charlotte - I am always heartened at how neighbors and acquaintances will step forward to assist a senior in need. Sometimes it is because the senior has outlived their family members - sometimes there are other reasons. In any event, these situations are really unique, and they require some planning to handle thoughtfully. A geriatric care manager can be a really important piece of that puzzle. You have provided some really good suggestions in this article. Keep up the good work.
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This is the conversation I have been dreading for the longest time. My dream was to have a driver in place before this actually happened, but at this point I don't know. My mom has never been the best of drivers to begin with, but still manages to function well enough and as of this writing is still fully functional. Whether that lasts another week, a year or a few years is out of my control, but when it happens, I will have to deal with it just as you suggested. I expect it to be a huge fight and really would not have it any other way.

My biggest fear really isn't for my mom's safety as it it for everyone else's. My grandfather drove until he was in his 80's and one day drove his car through his next door neighbor's living room. Obviously, that was it. (I have every intention of getting the keys from her before it gets to that point.)

Here is another thing to consider: My mom's car is bought and paid for, so my thinking is that when the time comes, there should be enough sale value left on it to pay for a driver for a certain amount of time. I have no idea what that costs, but this article lit the fire and I intend to find out.

Keep these posts coming, I am sure I am not much different than a lot of your readers in that even though I know I shouldn't, when it comes to my mom, I would like to live in a state of denial as long as possible. It gets harder and harder as she slowly watches her friends die around her and starts to question her own mortality.

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