The 40/70 Rule

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An Action Plan for Successful Aging

This action plan provides expert advice to help you and your loved ones start the necessary conversations about the future and put your plan into action.

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Have the Aging Conversation with Your Family

Home Instead portrays the importance of having the aging conversation sooner rather than later through the lens of younger children concerned about their parents.

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40-70 Communication Tips

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• Many experts agree: by the time you approach age 40 and a loved one is around 70, you should have had the “talk” about issues so many families want to avoid. Topics such as living and financial choices, health, driving, dating and end of life can be perplexing. The Home Instead^® network refers to this concept as the 40-70 Rule^®, a program launched in 2008 to start important conversations early, before a crisis occurs.

  Backed by new research with seniors, their adult children, senior care and legal professionals, the Home Instead network now wants to take those important conversations further. The 40-70 Rule: An Action Plan for Successful Aging^SM and accompanying resources encourage individuals and families not only to start those vital conversations soon, but to finish them with a plan that can help take the guesswork out of aging. The plan encourages individuals of all ages to ACT (Assess, Consider, Talk) on their desires and wishes for the future, then put their plan into action.

  It’s never too late to talk, but starting today could make the road ahead a lot smoother.

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