Dan Kapsak is proud to be riding the 20th edition of the Children's Hospital Courage Classic, to benefit the Denver Children's Hospital, this coming July. Over the past 19 years, Dan has raised over $35,000 and is hoping to exceed all expectations for this year's ride. Dan explains why he has ridden every edition of the ride as follows: "I've ridden the Courage Classic since its humble beginnings in 1990. Over the years I have watched members of Team Courage (and our own families) grow to adulthood; shared the sorrows of the loss of children who fought the good fight; ridden with tears in my eyes as courageous young people challenge themselves physically and mentally to accomplish what I so lightly take for granted." If you can contribute to this wonderful cause, please go to www.couragetours.com and follow the links to donate in the name of a rider (Dan). On behalf of the children and staff of The Denver Children's Hospital, Thank You!
Dan Kapsak will be presenting various workshops and continuing legal education seminars in the coming months. These include:
Roseann Murray will be presenting a Continuing Legal Education Seminar on "Handling a Social Security Disability Case" for the National Business Institute in Denver, on July 17th. Roseann will also be presenting a CLE seminar on "The Probate Process from Start to Finish" for NBI in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on December 14th. If you have any questions about either of these excellent presentations, please contact us.
Dan Kapsak is now affiliated with the Colorado Center for Hospice and Palliative Care, and will be expanding his workshop topics to specifically address Advance Directives including Health Care Powers of Attorney, Living Wills, and DNR's; and End of Life Issues (and Wishes). To schedule Dan to speak to your group or organization on these or other topics, please contact our offices. Further information about the Colorado Center for Hospice and Palliative Care may be found at www.cochpc.org.
Dan's recent presentations include a workshop on Powers of Attorney at the Broomfield Senior Center where he addressed the issues of why powers of attorney are so important, what types of powers of attorney should be created, how to identify elder abuse by the agent, and how to select appropriate agents; and a joint workshop with Peggy Arnold of Prestige Plus and Kim Mooney of Boulder/Broomfield Hospice on Advance Care Planning to the Folks in Aging membership in Longmont, where they considered advance directive planning including living wills, health care powers, DNR's, and options for health care (guardianships, proxies, agents, surrogates) in the face of incapacity or disability.
Life Testaments (sometimes called Ethical Wills) play a very important part in conveying to loved ones our values, dreams, and our life's foundations. Dan Kapsak has prepared an in-office conversation and workbook to assist clients to begin the exploration of one's values and foundations so they may convey them in words, photos, or otherwise. Please feel free to contact Dan to schedule a time to begin this exciting, challenging, and ultimately rewarding process.
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Visit this site for information on living wills and other end of life information. Click on "Care and Family", and then on "End of Life."
This site has advance directive forms from multiple states.
The U.S. Living Will Registry electronically stores advance directives, and makes them available to health care providers 24 hours a day.
Visit "The Consumer's Tool Kit for Health Care Decisionmaking Worksheets."
A resource in English and Spanish for "Caring Conversations."
Making health and personal care decisions for another can be complicated and worrisome. Medical, legal, ethical, and personal factors can be difficult to sort out, and the right thing to do isn't always obvious. The Denver Community Bioethics Committee may be able to help.
This web site is for all of us who wonder about donating organs and tissues, whether or not we can do so, what happens, and who is responsible for all the details. Please feel free to contact them with any questions or concerns.
Our clients will find the following site beneficial, especially when it
comes to dealing with Medicare issues and questions. The site is called
Counseling e-Line, and is published by the Senior Health Insurance
Assistance Program through the Colorado Division of Insurance. You may find
the newsletter at www.coloradomedicare.com. This well-done e-publication
provides information and assistance about health insurance through a network
of volunteers counselors and aging services providers. All services
through the website are free, and anyone may subscribe to the publication.
Happy reading!
This organization is a national association dedicated to promoting the mental health and well being of older people and improving the care of those with late-life mental disorders. Colorado members include the following Board Certified Geriatric Psychiatrists:
Erwin Mozer, MD
Denver, CO 80222
303-504-0035
William Phillip, MD
Steamboat Springs, CO 80477
970-879-7637
Cliff Zeller, MD
Fort Collins, CO 80525
970-494-0804
Katherine Christensen, MD
Durango, CO 81301
970-385-5868
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Life Testaments, or ethical wills, are a way to share your values, blessings, life’s lessons, hopes and dreams for the future, love, and forgiveness with your family, friends, and community. Although these names frequently cause confusion, Life Testaments/Ethical Wills are simply writings intended to provide loved ones with more formal and tangible expressions of those values....
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With the enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, signed into law by President Bush on February 8th, 2006, Congress has drastically limited the options available to the poor and needy for Medicaid planning, and have made Medicaid planning the realm of the rich. Briefly, the DRA has changed the following aspects of Medicaid planning, among others....
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This article is not meant to advance the position taken by either the parents of Terri Schiavo nor her husband in this most tragic event. I certainly do not claim any theological or spiritual insight in the arguments advanced by either side. I do strongly advocate the premise that a recurrence of a situation similar to this need not occur in anyone else’s life, especially your life....
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Many of our clients wonder about the effects of Alzheimer's Disease and what a loved one will suffer as the disease progresses. What follows is a summary of the stages of Alzheimer's Disease, courtesy of the Alzheimer's Association...
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As you probably know, Congress recently passed the "Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003," which contains significant tax cuts for stockholders, individual taxpayers, couples, and businesses. Here's what you need to know right now about this important new legislation...
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When you are ready to sign your contract and deed, how will you take title to your new property? Do you know how you wish to hold title to the property? Do you know whom to ask if you don't know?...
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Article distributed in Real Estate View, a newsletter by Deb Egelske, Broker Associate, Coldwell Banker
A form of fraudulent real estate transaction called the Land Trust (LT) and the Land Trust Transaction (LTT) is in our area. Innocent persons will be suckered into this sham transaction and will suffer irreparably...
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There are many ways to make a gift to a charity. The way most of us are familiar with is an annual pledge or an outright gift. But what if I want to give something to charity but I need the money to do something else also?...
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The New York Regional Transplant Program published the views of major religions on the subject. Here are those positions...
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An increasing number of us are owning property in more than one state and/or are spending parts of the year in different states. Because we are more mobile, estate and disability planning require that we--and our legal counselors--consider the specific legal requirements of each state...
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The Colorado Legislature has revised the Colorado Guardianship and Conservatorship laws, effective in 2001.
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