Fast-Forward:Take Control of the Rest of Your Life
One of the hardest parts about aging is preparing for it. That's why most of us haven't.
If you were to ask around, one out of three of us don’t even know who would take care of us should we need it — or have any sort of advance directive.
It’s understandable. These tasks can be difficult, daunting and emotional. Many of us put it off until it’s too late.
Still, every day is a new opportunity to change that, and that’s why we’re here. We’ve put together step-by-step instructions to get that plan in place for the coming years and decades of your life.
The first step: Sign up for our email course, Assemble Your Team. For seven days, we’ll break down the task of preparing for aging into smaller, more manageable parts. And once that’s done, we’ve got even more to help you.
Ready to get started? Let's go!
If you could see your family’s future, would you change anything? Fast-Forward follows four families as they travel through time to meet their future selves.
Watch the documentary, and if you’re a caregiver, take the Fast-Forward Experience to help you prepare.
Courses
Assemble Your Team
In seven steps, identify what you’ll need and find who you can turn to for help. In Course Two, you’ll learn how to share those ideas and plans.
Share Your Plan
It’s one thing to make a plan. It’s another to carry it out. After you’ve completed Course One, learn how to have some of the most essential conversations of your life.
Complete an Advance Directive
At the end of life, would you want treatment only if a cure is possible? We'll take you through making a living will.
Guides
Build a Health Care Team
Primary care. Specialists. Mental health. Taking care of yourself (or a parent) takes a team.
Deal With Your Stuff
How to prevent your belongings from one day becoming a burden to others.
Thinking about the future, it is important that we take a realistic look at what could happen and prepare ourselves to ensure you’re able to age with dignity.
Director of Caregiving
AARP Public Policy Institute
Master Checklist
Checklist.pdf
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Use this checklist through the planning process. It’s where you’ll document your ideas and decisions, and it’s meant to be easily understood and shared with those you involve. You can fill it out in several ways, depending on your preferences:
- Download and save the PDF to your computer. It’s editable, so you can fill it out completely on your computer
- OR
- Print and fill it out by hand.
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Fast-Forward is a Production of FLX Entertainment in Association with Twin Cities Public Television
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