Residential Planning for the Future Step One: Assess Your Planning Before determining what residential plans you must still make it is first necessary to determine exactly what you and your loved one's residential needs are. As the caregiver for a person with a lifelong disability, you need to think, 10, 20, 30, or even 40 years into the future. What kind of life would that person want when you are no longer here? What are some of your hopes and dreams for your family member and his/her future? For each aspect of life listed below, describe the realistic situation you want your family member to have. If you would like to go to a printer friendly document, please click on the icon below.

What are my future hopes and dreams for my loved one's residential needs?

1. Type of residence/neighborhood: 2. Type of employment/daily activity: 3. Quality of life/socialization: 4. Type of care/supervision: 5. People making decisions in his/her life: 6. Economic situation: Now, for each item above, list the steps you need to take now, in order for those hopes and dreams to come true: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

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