Have you visited a zoo recently?  First, today’s terminology is animal park and not a zoo.  Second, the focus on climate and extinction have turned cages into learning centers for humans. Now, imagine an animal park where all the animals roamed free.  No barriers to segregate the hunted from the hunters like Jumanji in action. This hunter verses hunted model is alive today in planning for the future.  Ok, maybe I should have gone with the needle in the haystack analogy to make my point.  Regardless of which mental image, longevity and care planning are a mess.

Finding Care in Our Dysfunctional System

Finding the right help when you need it feels like an impossible game. Finding help is like  Jumanji.  The motion picture adaptations of  Jumanji set the stage with a warning “do not start this game unless you intend to finish it” which the players ignore.  Chaos is unleased as the game proceeds.  This is how I view our fragmented care system, there are too many  trap doors when we need care. Too often, we abandon proactive planning out of frustration, lack of knowledge, time constraints, or a myriad of reasons that distract us. And, like the game, the unforeseen consequences of not making a plan impacts our quality of life as we age.

Professional Help is Here

According to the author Chris Van Allsburg, Jumanji means “many effects” in the Zulu language. The Credit for Caring team built a resource directory like today’s animal parks to minimize the many effects.  The resource directory is divided into five environments: finding help, care management, home improvement, money and finances, and future plans.  Each environment contains five categories.

Knowledge is Power

Each resource directory page contains a Learning Center shown here.  Click on the gray box to expand the section revealing resources or professional strategies for you.  Best of all, you can return to Credit for Caring when and where you need help.