SENIORITY PROFILE: TAMMY MACDONALD
For Fulfilling Twilight
Years, Start Planning
By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
COOPERTOWN – Our twilight years can be as fulfilling as our early ones.
That is what Tamie MacDonald, Otsego County's Office for Aging director, wants people of all ages to know, and that her office can help us realize it.
"We can change our own story of what aging is," MacDonald said. "No one wants to be frail or dependent on people. It's a matter of planning for an independent life as a senior ahead of time. And the earlier we plan, the more likely you'll be active, independent, and do the things you want to do."
"If we don't plan ahead, we lose choices, which then limits our ability to be independent," she added. It's also common to start thinking about planning for what happens to your estate once you're gone; contacting someone like a Rochester Hills Estate Planning Lawyer could be a good first step for ensuring that you leave something behind for your loved ones.
MacDonald believes growing up on her father's farm in Delaware County played a role in her pursuing a career in gerontology.
