Whether you have to bug out or are preparing for end of life, creating an Estate Preparedness Portfolio is a critical task that needs to be completed. It is one of the least fun things to do in preparedness but can be one of the most satisfying and important things when documents are needed after a disaster has displaced you and your home has been destroyed.
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Getting Your House in Order
Before we talk about some of the fun stuff about getting prepared, lets dive in to some things that seniors need to do first off and that is getting your house in order. Meaning there are few important things that should be done right away before you dive into long term food and water storage and making plans to bug out. If you have not read Disaster Preparedness for Seniors – Part 1, please do, so that you have a bit of context for this and the next couple of posts.
Although this series on preparedness for seniors will apply to the occasional 2- or 3-day power outage or minor disaster, it is primarily about dealing with long term preparedness. Please see my previous posts on Concerns with our Power Grid and Effects of a Prolonged Power Grid Outage to get a sense of what I am talking about. If you are not a senior...
Creating a property inventory
What
is a Property Inventory?
Before we get into why a property inventory is important, let’s define it. A Property Inventory is a detailed list of personal property with identifying and descriptive information with photos and video. It should include everything of value in your home and on your property such as:
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Estate
Preparedness Defined
Estate Preparedness involves looking at all aspects of your estate and creating an environment that enables you and your family to prepare for and act on events that can disrupt your lives. These events could be natural or man-made disasters, power outages, civil unrest, foreign influences and death. In all of these cases, for you and your family to weather the storm and quickly get on a path to recovery, you need to prepare across all areas of your estate. The three areas of Estate Preparedness are:
Estate Planning – Creating legal
documents such as Wills, Trusts and Power of Attorney and documentation of
physical and digital property and other personal and financial information.
Disaster Preparedness – Identifying,
procuring and organizing resources to reach a level of disaster preparedness
that provides the capability you need to sustain and protect your family.
Emergency Planning – Defining potential
threats and the tasks to complete before, during and
after an event.
All of these preparedness areas need to...
Hi, my name is Chip Feck and I am the founder and CEO of
CribSteward LLC. My company helps homeowners document their estate and prepare
for disasters and emergencies. Daily we face threats that could undermine our
way of life and I want to help you be prepared to meet the challenges that your
family will face.
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