A Note Before You Use Any of These Documents
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The templates and draft documents available here are a practical starting point for your own thinking and planning. They are not legal or medical advice, and they are not a substitute for it.
Every person’s circumstances are different. A document that suits one person’s situation may not suit another’s, and some documents — particularly those relating to medical treatment, organ donation, or legal authority — carry consequences that deserve careful consideration with a qualified professional before anything is signed or acted upon.
Jack Lack’s Listening Chair, its authors, owners and contributors accept no responsibility for how or whether these documents are used, completed, or acted upon, or for any consequences that may follow from their use or non-use. By downloading or using any document from this page you acknowledge that you have read this notice and accept its terms.
If you are in any doubt about whether a document is appropriate for your circumstances, please seek independent legal or medical advice before proceeding.
Before working through any of the worksheets below
Making Better Decisions sets out how Jack Lack’s Listening Chair looks at decisions — through seven lenses, not just cost — and is worth reading first. The four Personal Decision Assistant worksheets below draw on it directly.
Personal Decision Assistant Worksheets
Four short worksheets to help you think through a decision, one step at a time. None of these tells you what to decide — any will help you ask the right questions.
- Planning my Retirement Future— for anyone thinking ahead
- Making an Important Decision — for a decision you are facing right now
- Choosing Between Two Options— for choosing between two clear options
- Weighing Several Options — for weighing up more than two options
Jack Lack’s Listening Chair is always here as is your welcome.
Emergency Readiness
Three resources to help you prepare, whatever “prepared” means for you.
- Emergency Readiness Grab Sheet — a one-page checklist for what to grab if you need to leave in a hurry
- Emergency Readiness Planning Guide — a fuller guide for thinking through your emergency plan ahead of time
- Ready in the Dark – an interactive checklist to walk through before an emergency happens.