September 16, 2009 — United HomeCare Services to Present Part II of Prepare to Care Series

United HomeCare Services in partnership with Florida International University (FIU) Alumni Association, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and Northwestern Mutual Financial Services will present Part II of the Series - Prepare to Care for Yourself and Your Family. The free forum aims to engage the Miami-Dade community in thinking about early planning for themselves and their family’s Long-Term Care (LTC) needs.

Prepare to Care will be held on Thursday, October 8th from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m., starting with a reception offering light food and refreshments from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. The forum will be held at the FIU MARC Building, International Pavilion, located at 11250 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL.

A panel of experts will discuss legal and financial issues related to Long Term Care such as trusts, long term care insurance, reverse mortgages and the Living Will among other legal documents. Valuable resources that can help keep parents safe at home as well as insight for how to engage physicians in long-term care will be discussed. A physician will address end-of-life care issues and a social worker will explain the benefits of developing a plan of care before crisis strikes.

On average caregivers spend 9.1 hours per week providing care and many have not planned for their own LTC needs. Sandwich Generation Caregivers, caring for an aging parent or relative, while also caring for young children of their own, will particularly benefit from the discussion.

The Forum’s expert panel presenters are:

Marina Bravo, LCSW, CMC
Certified Geriatric Care Manager
United HomeCare Services

Jorge A. de Ona
President
Capital International Financial, Inc.

Rick Estrada, CLTC
Financial Representative, South Florida Group
Northwestern Mutual Financial Services

Victoria Funes
Associate State Director
AARP

Gina Martinez-Nguyen, Esq
Attorney-at-Law
Gina Nguyen, P.A.

Mark Multach, MD
Associate Professor & Chair
Department of Medicine
FIU College of Medicine

United HomeCare Services is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization providing community-based health care solutions to help older and disabled adults live at home independently. UHCS was founded by United Way in 1974 and is a leading provider of in-home care in Miami-Dade County.

Florida International University was founded in 1965 and is Miami's only public research university. With a student body of more than 38,000, its 17 colleges and schools offer more than 200 bachelors, masters, and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations and law. More than 100,000 FIU alumni live and work in South Florida. FIU has been classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a "High Research Activity University". In August 2008, FIU welcomed the inaugural class of the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu.