Dotsie,
Thanks for your kind offer regarding my mother. I just got back from there-cleaning and grocery shopping. We are lucky my sister lives around the corner and can do the day to day stuff and drive her to dr's visits. Caring for the elderly parent is such an important topic. There are so many needs besides medical, legal being one of them, that have to be addressed. We boomers are nudging that age line and a how to manual might be another wonderful idea. Being unmarried with no children, I'd like to know that I've done all I should to be prepared for the unexpected. I'd hate to burden one of my sisters with my care or the disposition of my house and such.