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Age-Friendly Business ®
Canadian Centre for Elder Law
and
PRESENTS:
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YOUR OWN ARRANGEMENTS - TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS -
PRACTICING TO A HIGHER STANDARD…WHY YOU HAVE
TO! Faculty: Laura Watts, LL.B., National Director, CCEL
Webinar 10
Part C
AGING AND THE LAW SERIESWhat Every Professional Needs to Know
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This Module Will Cover …
1. WHAT?
2. SO WHAT?
3. NOW WHAT?
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1. WHAT
The “Greying”of the professions
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1. WHAT: Demography
Current seniors
Baby boom coming now!
Planning not in place in most fields
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1. WHAT : Older Canadians’ Values
Are these yours?
DIGNITY FAIRNESS
PARTICIPATION SECURITY
INDEPENDENCE
KEY SOCIAL AND CULTURAL VALUES OF SENIORS (1998)
Requires someone to help defend and enforce
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2. SO WHAT?
Fewer professionals to help
Rural closures
High risk to public
High risk to practitioners
High risk to remaining office
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2. SO WHAT? Hanging Up The Robes
When?
How?
Who can help?
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2. SO WHAT? Portrait of a Senior Professional
71 years old
Active practice
(48 years)
2 person practice
Grandkids
Tried to retire
once
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Mid-60s…
Rural practice
Sole practitioner
Wants to “stay involved”
with the profession – has
dedicated her life to seniors
and professional issues
2. SO WHAT? Portrait of a Senior Professional
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Mid-50s
Care giving for aging parents
Wants to be semi-retired
Worried about money
2. SO WHAT? Portrait of a Senior Professional
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No matter how great and destructive your problems may seem now, remember you’ve probably only
seen the tip of them…
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3. NOW WHAT?
Where do we go from here?
Steps Forward
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3. NOW WHAT? Need To Consider
Trust Accounts
Succession Planning
Powers of Attorney
Advance Health Care
Planning
Wills
Reciprocal Arrangements
Insurance (Types / Location)
Document Storage and
Removal
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3. NOW WHAT? Trust Accounts
If you are a trustee, is there a ‘backup’ appointed?
Do your clients know this person?
Does the financial institution know?
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Succession Planning
Have you created your ‘replacement’?
Is all the information / goodwill in ‘one set’ of hands?
Who will carry on?
Grow your own successor…
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Powers of Attorney (POA)
As a professional - need to appoint an attorney (finance) who can manage business interests
May need a personal and a business Enduring / Continuing POA
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Advance Health Care Planning
Different names in different jurisdictions
POA Personal Care, Health Care Directive, Personal Directive, Representation Agreement
Know your default health care consent substitute decision-making list if your province has one
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Wills
No excuse
Copies and safe location
If you are leaving your business to someone…
Can your executor run your business?
“Wife of the deceased lawyer…”
Legal advice necessary
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Reciprocal Arrangements
Often find someone in similar field
Make arrangements to ‘look after’ each other’s business
Have meetings about business planning
Beware of confidentiality or conflicts
Could be at the same firm
Should be familiar with work and ‘environment’
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Insurance
Commercial Personal Professional liability Medical Disability / Critical
Illness Life
Designation of beneficiaries Review of
coverage – enough?
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Document Storage and Removal
How long do your documentsneed to be kept? (Estates?)
Electronic / Paper?
Passwords? Firewalls?
Systems – including filing
Privacy obligations
Attorney / Executor details
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Discussion
Does your office have a plan for its aging client base?
For emergencies?
For its aging profession?
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A Comprehensive Plan
Binder – paper and electronic
“How to Run the Office”
Critical Documents
Passwords
Consents / Permissions
Instructions on bill payments, employee
payments, HR policies, etc.
Any professional requirements
Meetings: semi-annually…?
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Summary
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Additional Resources
For information about how you can become a Certified Professional Consultant on Aging (CPCA) visit us at our website www.agefriendlybusiness.com
For information about the Canadian Centre for Elder Law visit us at our website www.bcli.org
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THANK YOU!
For more information, please contact us at:
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 1-877-272-9066
Fax: 604-648-9647
Mailing Address: Age Friendly Business
907-6540 Hastings Street, Burnaby, British Columbia,
Canada, V5B 4Z5
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