Aging Concerns Resources

This is a listing of some resources Friends have found useful in dealing with every day and unexpected events in our lives. It is not a complete listing of resources and nor should it be taken as an endorsement of any particular agency or service.

If you are interested in working with the Quarter’s Aging Concerns Committee, please email the coordinator at coordinator@westernquarterquakers.org.

Resources and Services with Friends Connection QuakerSpeak Video – On Quaker Deathways

Government Services

Area Senior Centers

Topics of Interest – Health Directives – Planning and Making Financial and Ceremonial Arrangements – Driving – Falls – Elder Abuse – and more!

Food for Thought July 17, 2022 – presentationsample diet analyses

American Bar Association Consumer’s Toolkit for Health Care Advance Planning

Five Wishes, an advance care plan from Aging with Dignity in consulation with the American Bar Association

Quaker Contacts for Estate Planning – Delaware

Quaker Contacts for Estate Planning, et. al. – Penna.

Download Powerpoint Basics for Estate Planning and Health Care Directives – Emily Temple Abels and Peter Temple

You Make Better Decisions if you “See” your Senior Self Increasing Saving Behavior Through Age-Progressed Renderings of the future self

Sticking Points and Stumbling Blocks: Navigating Conversations about Aging with Sarah Matas of Kendal-Crosslands Communities – video link powerpoint link

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting’s Care and Aging Coordinator on financial resources for support in our older years

Presentation on PA Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment

Last Wishes Form Newark MM – Funeral Pre-planning Checklist – After the Funeral Checklist

Today’s Geriatric Medicine – online and paper copy magazine with news and insight for elder care professionals