Healthy Aging Month

This is the time to focus on health – both physical and mental – and to consider how you can improve your life and your quality of life in September, which is Healthy Aging Month. There are four major areas that people should pay attention to: Diets, exercises, and mental health. However, it is especially important to think about the future and your future estate planning. Keep reading to find out how Healthy Aging Month and estate planning are connected and how you can get ready for the future as you grow older.

The Need to Plan for Estate Planning with Increasing Age. As we grow older, our lives usually shift from career and family to retirement and leaving a legacy. Estate planning is not only about distributing assets, it is about planning for circumstances when you are unable to make decisions for yourself due to health issues or incapacity.

Why Estate Planning is Important?

Changes in Health: It means that as we get older, we are not as healthy as we used to be. This is important in this regard as with increasing age, the chances of cognitive decline and health complications rise. Some of the estate planning include advance directive, health care proxy, or living will. These estate planning documents will help guarantee that your wishes are followed when you are unable to express them yourself.

Asset Protection: This is because by planning ahead through your estate plan, you will have the peace of mind in knowing that your assets will be distributed as you wish, and your loved ones will not have to worry about contentious and time-consuming probate processes.

Financial Security: It involves arranging your finances to put in place measures for future long term care needs as we get older.

How You Can Get Started

To find out more, visit our website to discover how creating an estate plan can provide you with peace of mind and a stable mental state, and therefore relieve you of stress, while you prioritize your psychological well-being and that of your loved ones. The first thing you can do is to contact an estate planning attorney who will be able to lead you through the estate planning process.

Due to the complexity of estate planning it is important that you work with a professional to ensure that you do not sign a document that you do not understand or sign one that will have negative implications in the future.

Oklahoma attorney, Kevin L. Miller, PC has over 35 years of experience in helping all kinds of families and individuals. He says, “I firmly believe the greatest gift a person may pass on to his or her family or loved ones is a well thought out and easy to understand estate plan. It can make a world of difference and make matters easier after a loved has passed.”

With Kevin L. Miller, PC, you will receive personal, professional service in a private, comfortable setting. Get your estate planning started today. Call Kevin L. Miller, PC at (405) 443-5100.