01 - The Big Picture: Legal, Financial, and Care Considerations for Your Advance Planning

The first episode of The Legacy Show is here. I’m Jennifer McConnell, and on Near FM 90.3 (www.nearfm.ie) I’m exploring how to live a good life, plan for a good death, and honour the legacy that’s created in between — one theme, three guests, every four weeks. For episode one I gathered a solicitor, a tax advisor and a senior care social worker around one table, and asked the question behind all of my work: what would it mean to be ready before the crisis, rather than deciding under pressure? We cover: • Wills, letters of wishes, and the life milestones that should prompt a review • What “next of kin” does and doesn’t allow you to do • The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2023 and the presumption of capacity • Planning ahead for care — at home, in a nursing home, and all the small preferences in between • The small gift exemption, inheritance thresholds, and records that make life easier for your executor • Free signposts: the Decision Support Service, Citizens Information, MABS Guests: - Caitlinn Gilmartin — C.G. Gilmartin Solicitors — www.cggilmartin.ie - Laura Haverty — Senior Care Consultations — www.seniorcareconsultations.ie - Jane Richardson — Malo Expertise Tax Advisors and Accountants — [email protected] Next episode: Tuesday 17 November, 3.30 p.m., on Near FM 90.3 — capturing memoirs, biographies and personal stories.