A Good Life - Softcover

Etmanski, Al

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0968046215 ISBN 13: 9780968046210

Publisher: Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network, 2000

Synopsis

We're the Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network (PLAN) - a non-profit society dedicated to safeguarding the future of persons with a disability. This book offers clear, practical guidance for planning for the future. It includes information on government benefits, alternatives to adult guardianship, financial planning, will and estate planning, discretionary trusts,home ownership and establishing a network of friends.

About this title

About the Author

Al Etmanski is an author, advocacy consultant and social inventor who specializes in finding innovative, non-governmental solutions to social problems. Etmanski is co-founder and executive director of Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network, an independent non-profit assisting families across North America, plan for the future, safety and wellbeing of their relative with a disability. PLAN links people with disabilities into the heart of community by emphasizing their gifts, assets and contributions. PLAN was designated as a 'charity of the future' in an independent study of 75,000 Canadian charities.

Al is a parent of 5 children one of whom has a disability. He is known for his expertise in fostering social enterprise within the civic sector, converting social capital to economic capital, the innovative use of non profit, profit and public sectors as problem solving partners and creating alternatives to legal guardianship. He is the author of, A Good Life - For You and Your Relative with a Disability and Safe and Secure - Six Steps to Creating a Personal Future Plan for People with Disabilities.

Edition details

• Publisher: Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0968046215
• ISBN 13: 9780968046210
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 328