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here where we live, in Nevada, the courts will appoint someone when no one else comes forward and the courts would not grant guardianship to anyone claiming to be a professional caregiver or guardian. There was a lot of trouble with them a few years ago.
You might be able to list the attorney as a contact for the emergency you are referring to and the attorney could then go to court and inform the judge you need help. Or maybe I am being foolish on that suggestion.
Do not get sold on fear, we just saw a huge company that wanted to charge us 5k for a 450.00 job, fear is the sales pitch.
Do your research, follow up with referrals and go to some free seminars, if offered in your area, typically financial planning is where this is covered.
Find a facility where you would be willing to be placed, if needed, and name it in your wishes. The biggest factors are having things in writing, get it notarized to ensure legality is not questioned and make sure to give copies to anyone involved or named as well as accessible in case of emergency, ie your PCP.
My husband and I have children and family however we do not want to burden them with our care if we are unable to care for one another or ourselves.
Best of luck finding a company that will make sure your wishes are what you get and in the long run that's all any of us really want.
Since I had to fight for everything with my parents and they had no prior planning... I kind of know more about getting things together for myself so whoever does have POA would have it much much easier.
You mentioned you do have friends that don't live in the same town. .. I don't think you necessarily have to live in the same city or area.. so that might be a possibility for you. To me the biggest consideration would be .. can you trust them.
Maybe we should form a caregivers or ex caregivers with no family group to support each other?