Aging is one of those topics, much like dying and taxes, that many people go to great lengths to avoid thinking about much less taking any preliminary actions or preparing for the inevitable. A new book by Mark Lachs, MD, Treat Me Not My Age (Viking Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-670-02210-6) provides real-world solutions and tips for managing one’s aging and the health care problems that come with it.

Creating a Personal Business Plan

While the book offers many definitions, checklists, case studies, and medical research broken down into laymen’s terms, one of the most interesting topics that Dr. Lachs introduces to readers is creating a personal business plan for aging.

There are plenty of resources around that talk about financial planning, business planning and plans for marketing, this is a new type of planning of equal or more importance. The author’s mantra seems to be that individuals need to take more responsibility for their health care by: