This cautionary tale is from Neil Jenman's site. For all of those forumites who listen to financial advisers, maybe its time to take things into your own hands and think thrice before listening to slick gurus and salespeople.
http://www.jenman.com.au/news_alert.php?id=107
http://www.jenman.com.au/news_alert.php?id=107
Rick Snowden is dying. He has a disease called Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP). It's a dreadful disease in which the body slowly cramps itself up. Victims often choke to death.
You won't meet too many nicer blokes than Rick Snowden. In his early 60's, Rick runs a small business in the building industry; although, these days, it's getting harder to work at all. Rick doesn't know how long he's got to live, perhaps a couple of years, maybe more, maybe less. With this sort of disease, nothing's certain except a terrible end. It's a heartbreaking way to die.
Right now, what he wants, more than anything else, however, is the best quality of life possible. But that takes money. Rick and his wife need to modify their home to cope with Rick's progressive debilitation.
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