Coming to town is the aging well resource fair. I like the way fair. It makes us sound
like people from the Renaissance Bristol fair are going to be walking around in medieval
costumes all over the place.
Hey, they can come. I'm not going to send them away.
See, how you doing my Lord? How you doing?
I think you know, they talk to that right.
Exactly. But that's not what we talk about here.
Now, that's now over talking about.
Img Jamie Freeland is here from Racine County. I you've
do this quite often put on an aging, aging well resource fair for people like me.
We don't know what they're doing when they get old. We've got to be told.
Right. That's right. I'll tell you something. I think these are great.
Because a lot of people don't realize you're getting old. You got to make some plans.
Right.
Why you can still remember what your name is, you know, it happens. People get old.
And that's just the way it is. And this one is going to be how you have two of them coming up.
This one's Thursday, May 21. This will be 9 a.m. to 1 at the fountain hall in Stardavant.
Correct. Stardavant. Stardavant.
Stardavant. And tell us about it.
So we are having two aging well resource fairs this year.
The spring we're having won the 21st like you said at Fountain Hall banquet on Durand Avenue.
And then we're having one out in the west end of the county out in Burlington at Grace Church.
I'm Plank Road. So we're bringing in resources for seniors. We'll have folks like the ADRC,
community cares. We'll have some home improvement businesses there.
I'm just trying to connect the community, the seniors and their loved ones, their caregivers with
resources that we all need. You know, I'm not too long to go. I've had two years ago now,
a little more than a little more than two years. My wife and I made our funeral plans.
Yes. Why get to in that? I said, you hit by a car tomorrow. I can't have a stroke. I could,
a lot of things can happen. I'm not going to leave it up to a relative who's going to put me at a
cardboard box and put me out on the curb. Right. You got to make plans. And then forget about them.
Your plans are made. That's one thing off your list you have to worry about. And that's what we did.
We took care of the house and the trust. We do all that stuff. And you have to learn how to do that.
We didn't have the resource fair. We just kind of walked around and found out how to do it. Talk to
lawyers and stuff. But you got to do that stuff. You got to take care of what you got now. So if
you have a loved one who's inheriting stuff, things have to happen. Before you get in the
heart, take care of yourself. And what if you go to the hospital? You don't have a loved one nearby.
You get all this stuff is important. It's so important. I'm my husband and I have, we've planned
our will. Um, any eventual turn into a trust. But I'm 50. I'll be 51 this year. My husband is 44.
And we just wanted to make sure that we have everything in line for our kids so that they don't
have to worry about it. I was saying you're nice, but I did was I said in our will, all the money will
be put into a plastic bag into my coffin. You sound like my dad said he's going to take everything
with them. And if they want, want it, they got to dig. I'll leave my treasure map and they
can find out where it is. Right. No, but you're right. That we have a house. We got to take care
of after which we have all this stuff is going to be taken care of. And you can't wait to the last
minute when you're incapacitated. Right. Because then you're in trouble. Exactly. Yeah. So even bank
accounts, um, you payable upon death PODs, they call them. Right. And uh, same thing if you have
a look in IRA account, I mean, all these things have to be taken care of. And we did all that.
Good. Now I could sit back, relax and wait for the sweet embrace of death.
But at least you know what's going to happen with your stuff.
Yes. So we'll have two lawyers there. We'll have Pruitt Sapkowicz law office. We'll have Mr.
Pruitt there. And then we're going to have KHR law office there as well. Mr. Andrew Rosenberg. So
we have will have two very respected trustworthy, honest people that will help be able to guide
you into making the right decisions. And there are a lot of legal decisions you have to make. And if
you don't do it, the your kids or whoever, you know, was involved, it's a long winding road to
get to this stuff. When my mother passed away, everything was mainly taken care of except one
thing I didn't do. I didn't get the pass code to her cell phone. Oh no. And if you think the phone
company's just going to hand it over to you, you are mistaken. So what I did was my wife and I,
everybody knows my pass code. I have started really a pass code. I have it written down. And it's
in a it's in a spot where our son knows where it is. And you got to get even something like that
as meaningless. And eventually I got it from the phone company, but you got to see a death certificate.
You better make sure you get death certificates to your loved ones because nobody wants to do
anything, even stopping social security. You need a death certificate. You also need, uh, let's
say they got a pension. They want a death certificate copy. Everybody wants a death certificate.
And you can blame them because any nut can say forget it, you know, so you got to supply all this
stuff. Right. So and that's what you have a lot of lawyers there. So get to have two different
lawyers there. We'll also have like resources, um, the ADRC. If so, if you don't know what that
stands for, that's the Asian Disability Resource Center. They are one of our sponsors. So thank
you and shout out to them. Um, we'll have community cares there. Um, they provide a ton of resources
for families along with the RKCAA. So the Racine Kenosha Community Action Agency will be there. So
we have tons of resources for seniors. And then we'll have places like bright star home care,
senior companion, um, the senior helpers. We have, um, and I don't want to talk about this,
but we have to. We'll have hospice facilities there. They advertise with us together. Right.
And it's not only for you, you could have a parent. Correct. We need this information for most
definitely. I mean, it's not, they say, well, I'm 40. I don't have to worry about this. Do you
have a parent who might need it someday? Find out the information now so you're not in the big
panic. Exactly. When it happens. And that, you know, that way you're prepared. Yeah,
and just get them. Then you can relax. And they say, oh, mom sneezed today. I'm signing a ring.
Mom couldn't remember what TV show was he was going to watch some senior to hospice care
but seriously, you do need to get it. And once you get it done, relax. Exactly.
Just keep the papers in a spot where everybody knows where they are. This may sound kind of gruesome,
but my funeral home is on a business card in my wallet. And we tell you why I do this.
God forbid something should happen to me. They go to my home. Oh, who's what we send them?
Right. And even here's something else people don't think about this. I don't know what this
sound like. A gruesome half hour here. But we bought travel insurance. And this is what
the travel insurance does. If let's say I should be on a trip on Mount the California and something
that should happen, the travel insurance make sure they can send me back to, well,
this union grove in this case. Okay. And it's a travel card. And you spend, it's not that expensive,
but you do it with a funeral home because they're not how you supposed to get home. And if they
ship you home by an airplane, it's very, very expensive. My mother had it because she was being
buried in New York. Okay. And so once you passed away and were seen, everything was taken care of.
Just, you know, she put back UPS. And that was it. She was all done. But these are things you've
got to take care of now. And it's not a gruesome thing. No, it's a life thing. Right. And when
you have the resource fair, these everything here, you need to know. Just go around, get your
brochures, make contacts, and then sit back, relax and think about it for the day you might need it.
And, you know, or maybe you're there taking a neighbor or an aunt or a parent, you know,
it's, or the caregivers, they need some, you know, help too. So, yeah.
Jimmy Freeland is here from Racine County. I was talking about the aging well resource
family. Can we put the well in there? Aging well resource fair, which is coming to Fountain Hall
banquet, banquet hall in stirred event. For the people in stirred it. I'm not making fun of
you. I just like to say stirred event. I do too. Because when I first moved to Wisconsin,
I had to come to stirred event for something. And I said, is this stirred event? I said, no,
this is stirred event. All right. That's coming up Thursday, May 21th from 90 M to 1 PM.
Jimmy Freeland from Racine County. I is here. She is the business development manager there.
And one of the things Jamie's getting together here is the aging well resource fair coming to
Fountain banquet hall in stirred event. And that will be Thursday, May 21st from 90 M to 1 PM.
And there's another one coming up Thursday, May 28th. Correct. But this will be a grace church
somewhere different. Yep. It'll be a grace church in Burlington. That's all free to get in. There's
no church. Of course. Yeah. Definitely free. Yeah. No charge. And you would tell me during the
break when I'm showing you my travel card to ship me back from wherever, you know, have an accident.
I thought it's gruesome to talk about, but it's a fact of life. It is.
You said my funeral home is going to be there. Yeah, Daniels, Daniels,
the Daniels, the classic family funeral home and crematory. They'll be at the one aging well
last May 28th at Grace Church. Yes. Yeah. I don't have to worry about how to pronounce it because
it won't matter for me. Right. My son and daughter have to know how to pronounce it. I don't
have to worry about that. Just call Daniels. But I showed you in my wallet, I carry their business card
and because, you know, you never know. You'd never know these things. But my mother was a good
planner with her funeral home. She paid for everything. Okay. And it was a thing you pay it off,
you know, years and years and years. And it was all paid off. So when the time came,
I just made one phone call. Actually, I didn't make it. The hospice worker at our house made it.
Okay. And that was it. Less. Next thing I know is that her funeral in New York on Long Island.
That was it. If I had to plan that out at that moment, it would have been a panic. Yes.
Because you don't know what to do. Who knows what to do? These things. Then you got the,
the bank accounts and everything arranged you with the bank. You know, they call them PODs,
payable on death. And that way you just show the, yeah, I'll tell you how nice the people were
at my bank. My mother had bills to pay afterwards. So I told the manager of the bank, I said,
well, I got to pay these off. You're under no obligation to pay those bills. Those are her bills.
You're under no obligation to do that. And I said, well, I think I should take the money out now and
pay said, I'm going to send you home tonight, come back tomorrow, whatever you want to do tomorrow,
but think about it tonight. And I was told by a lot of people, you're under no obligation. I don't,
I'm not signed on to her. Not for your mom's. No. Yeah. And so we didn't actually
didn't have them. I have a minor little things, but I didn't. She said, I'm just go home tonight,
think about it. Then we can do this tomorrow. That's cool. That's nice. She said, I was supposed to
do this today, but I'm going to give you 24 hours to think about this. And if you just still feel
if you're not going to sleep at night because you didn't pay and pay it. And she was right.
I checked with a lawyer and they said, no, you're under no obligation to pay somebody else's bills.
You didn't, you didn't record those. No, I will say if, so I was sharing with Don over the
break that I am a widow. I am remarried. But my spouse died when I was at the age of 43. He was
48. Of course, so it's kind of unexpected. But so as a spouse, you are responsible for
as a spouse. Yes. That's different. That's different. I was not let off the hook on that one.
I had to pay his bills. Well, my father passed away. I got a call from the hospital.
They said, no, your mother's responsible for it. I checked in sure if she was because she was
a spouse. As a son of daughter, you're not unless you signed on to as a co-signer. That's about it.
Give us some of the people they're going to be there. So some of the people that are going to
be there. Like I said, the ADRC of Racine County Community Cares RKCA, we're going to have
bright star care, senior helpers. We're going to have rich wood, a grace hospice, lily hospice,
the Oak Ridge Care Center, a line piece home care. We're going to have Lincoln Park rehab.
And then we're going to have some home improvement and home safety, like leaf filter, tight seal,
pillow windows, window nation, redo cabinets, your remodel, lows insurance,
WRGN is going to be there platinum means. Well, now you got a reason to really go, right?
Are you going to hopefully you'll stop by and see everybody. I told you what I do in my free time.
I just date line reruns. I watch date line and first 48. So, you know, date line used to be like
60 minutes at one time when it first came on, doing stories. Then one day they decided,
let's go all out on murder, 24 hour murder. We're not doing anything else, but 2020 did the same
thing. All true crime murder. That's all we're doing from now on. People love it. I don't know why
they look maybe because it's not them right. Right. Right. And I'm okay watching other people's
miseries, but they're not mine. But we watch a lot of first 48 and cops at our house. So
I didn't family feud. We mix it up at a little family feud. Yeah, that's when people are fighting
each other. You're like that. Who else is going to be there? So we're going to have GI associates.
Sorenson caption call is also going to be their perfume guardians platinum communities.
So we're going to have full rooms at both events at both east and west end of the county.
It's from nine to one. It's free. Just come in, meet and talk to the people that are there.
Gather information, resources. You never know what you might need. Here's another thing people
don't think about what to do with your loved ones ashes that are in your house. When you pass,
well, what's going to you know, I'm tossed in the garbage. No, you got to make arrangements for
that stuff. Now we have about seven pets that are their ashes are in our house and little canister.
They're the little names and paw prints on it. I made arrangements for those. I told my son.
This is what I want done with it. Okay. And I made all arrangements. What to do with it? Because I
don't want them tossed in the garden. You got to make a list. And this this fair might help you
make a list. Hey, gee, I never thought of that. Exactly. Well, Jamie thought of it. That's why
you. Jamie's the brains of the outfit. You got to you got to work with Jamie on this one. She
thought of everything for you and people to and when you're young, you don't think about it.
You said, gee, I got another 50 years to worry about this. You may not have another 50 years to
worry about it. You never know. Not only you, you don't know if your parents have another 50 years.
You don't know if you're an uncle, your brother, your sister, you don't know. And this is perfect.
I'm telling you, my wife kind of thought we got to take care of this now. One thing we didn't do
yet. Headstones. Okay. Can I do that? Because I know my son will take a cardboard box,
write my name on it, put it in the ground. No, you won't do that. But it's not for him to worry
about it. Right. It's for me to think about now. I just think I don't want to see. They do it
right away. They put your gravestone up there and leave the dates off. Yeah, I don't want to go
there and see my plato lancing. Ooh, it's like Emily just scrooge when he saw his tombstone
this name on it. I don't want it. In the Christmas Carole, he says, I don't want to see that. But
it's got to be done. Well, it's also it's a time to think about the questions and he
have those hard conversations with your family about these are my wishes. And this is what I choose
to do. It's a choice. While you can still think. While you can still think about it. Yeah. So like
I want to be cremated and not be buried. Yeah. Well, you know, I found out something you can do
when my my father-in-law was killed in a car accident before I renew him in 1976. But
my mother-in-law passed away just a couple of years ago. She was cremated. We took her ashes
and you know, I hate to find gruesome about this. But bodies are very like six feet under.
Mm-hmm. They dug four feet under. We put the ashes in this. They should bury it above her husband.
Oh, yeah. Look at that. I hit a nerve. Yeah. I didn't know you can do that. But the cemetery
said, Oh, yeah. Look at that. Just we just dig four feet down. And now we they could not
recarve the tombstone. But the the place where you they do what they said, we can drill in a
brass butterfly into the tombstone with all the information that would have been on the tombstone
and it's there forever. Ah, I know. That's perfect. It is perfect. And it was we took care of it.
Nice. But it was all done. And now they're together again. That's perfect. I know,
make you cry. All right. Let's get back on topic. It's Jamie Freeland is the business
developed manager manager over at Racine County. I the aging well resource fair takes place.
They haven't two of them. Let's talk about the first one. Thursday, May 21 from 9am to 1pm
with the fountain hall bank, which hall. And that's in stirred of it right there in highway 11.
Right. Right next to what I think it's no no wells over there. No no wells pizza, farm and
fleet. Yeah, it's right there. Yeah. Now, um, Racine County, I thought about that for a second.
So we're Racine County. I, um, we are your local hyper local news website. Um, not only do
we report the news, but we try and give you solutions and bring community resources together and
bring the community together and get your questions answered. So that's what we like to do. And of
course, we don't have a paywall. So what a paywall is is where you go in and you can read a couple
articles and then they want your credit card. We don't do that. We have all of our news and
information online for free. Yeah, I went to the New York that somebody posted something about a,
um, uh, case it took place and reading the New York Times thing. The jury came in in 10 minutes with
a verdict of if you want to read more, here's the information. I hate that. I leave you hanging off.
Right. I got to Google it to find out what the guilty thing was. And it was guilty. Thank you, Jamie.
Thank you. And, uh, thank all the people that were seeing County I including
Mr. Nice. Mr. Nice. The founder of Denise Denise Lockwood. Yeah.
And I say hello to us for us. All right. Hi, Denise.