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...office in a low-rent district of Taipei is lined floor to ceiling with spy gadgetry: neckties fitted with lenses, cameras disguised as Bibles, infrared goggles. If you are lucky, he will show you his small library of Japanese manuals with detailed instructions on how to secretly film your neighbor's underpants...
...looked in on Binnie, Lowrie's elderly distant cousin. I chatted with Binnie while Lowrie stood on a ladder and poked around in the attic, checking on the fish he was salting and drying. Shetlanders have a very cozy way of looking out for others: dropping in on a neighbor, tending someone's land and sharing resources. "At this time of year, when you have to take off sheep, you pass some of them to others who may need them," says Lowrie...
...have health concerns. These organizations can also help you find alternative housing, such as assisted living, should you need it. For Minneapolis, Minn., widow Rosalie Alden, 81, a retired physical therapist with no children, the solution is a support network right in her own backyard. Two sets of neighbors take Alden, who has survived cancer and a stroke, to see her doctor and run errands. They have keys to her home and see her almost daily, and one neighbor phones every evening to check on her. Alden's two nieces have power of attorney, and they are successor trustees...
Another critical ingredient in estate planning is granting a power of attorney, says David Tysk, senior financial adviser with American Express Financial Advisors in Bloomington, Minn. The person you designate--a relative, friend or neighbor--will be able to pay your bills and handle related matters if you become ill. In conjunction with a power of attorney, you should have a health-care proxy that states your medical wishes...
...option is to move into a retirement community that offers health-care support services. "Your dream may be to retire to the country, but you don't want to live in the middle of nowhere and have your only friend and neighbor be a squirrel," says Barbara Flom of the Chicago law firm Goldberg, Kohn, Bell, Black, Rosenbloom & Moritz Ltd., most of whose clients are childless...