Mid-South Comfort Care Coalition Meetings
We send out a monthly Comfort Care Update and periodic announcement of events of interest via listserver. To join our e-mail list and be kept up to date with our meeting times and places, e-mail Emily at efoxhill (at) aol (dot) com and ask to be added to the Comfort Care e-list.
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There will be no January Comfort are meeting. Our next meeting will be held from 5:30 - 7:30 PM on Tuesday, February 7, at Trezevant Terrace. The topic will be Financial Planning: Covering All the Bases. With people living longer, living expenses, and particularly health care expenses, often exhaust individuals' finances and leave families without adequate resources. Panel members will discuss issues such as insurance, investments, and Medicare.
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To follow the work of Comfort Care board member Wyvonia Woods Harris with the American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network, see http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/dec/07/advocates-flood-dc-to-lobby-cancer-fight/
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The Tennessee state website link for the new advance directive page: http://health.state.tn.us/AdvanceDirectives/index.htm All the forms can be downloaded from that page, both in English and in Spanish.
Own Your Future - Long-Term Care Awareness - from the TN State webpage addresses nursing homes and planning for elder care. The web address is:
http://www.tennesseeanytime.org/govoffice/ownyourfuture_info.html#family