How can I assure my cats will get care when I'm
gone?
Through
thick and thin, Fluffy has been there.
When your human companion didn’t understand, your Fur Person came
through, purring all the way.
Whether you were recuperating from a bad day at the office or a hospital
stay, Fluffy was there to rub against your leg or curl up on your lap.
What
if you weren’t there to remember there’s only one kind of food that will do
or that naps are best on the newspaper you are currently reading?
Now
there is the California Cat Center, Inc.’s LifeCare
Program
that will assure your fur person a life of attention and luxury if you can’t
be there yourself.
How
does LifeCare work?
After
you or your advisors have inspected California Cat Center, Inc. and decided you
would like space reserved for your cat in the LifeCare
Program,
you will enter into an agreement and provide a non-refundable registration fee
of $500.
You will then arrange with your family and/or estate planning
professionals how the LifeCare
Program will
be funded.
Your
cat then comes to live in the luxury accommodations of the cats-only resort at
California Cat Center, Inc.
First, your fur person will receive a complete physical examination from
a veterinarian and will get any needed treatment, including a nutritional
analysis to make sure your cat gets a diet tailored to health and long life.
Your cat will then be matched with others of similar characteristics to assure
any roommates are suitable matches.
Then, your cat will live out its life in luxury.
How
can I be sure care will continue?
You
appoint an Auditor and an Alternate Auditor who will have the right to visit
your cat and inspect the Center to assure all is well.
Either you or your Auditor will have the right to make sure your pet is
pampered as agreed.
Can
I reclaim my cat?
Absolutely.
For example, if you enroll your cat because you are ill and regain your
ability to care for your pet, California Cat Center, Inc. will be sure your cat
comes home to you.
Will
my cat be adopted?
The
LifeCare
Program
is
designed to provide a comfortable, luxury retirement for your cat for the
remainder of its life.
Although we are not an adoption agency, we occasionally find a family
that can provide the right home for the right cat.
However, no LifeCare
Program
cat
will be placed in a home without the full prior approval of you or your
appointed Auditor.
What
is the cost?
Each
cat lover who registers with the LifeCare
Program
may
negotiate their own contract, based on the health and life expectancy of their
cat.
Contracts may be negotiated for specific cats or for any cat that may be
owned at the time of death.
The cost will vary, depending upon the conditions that initiate
enrollment.
You may enroll your cat if you become ill or disabled.
Or, your cat’s enrollment may become effective on your death. To assure
the ultimate in luxury for the duration of the cat’s life as well as premium
veterinary care, the basic fee is $5,000 per year of the cat’s life
expectancy.
California Cat Center, Inc. considers the average life expectancy of a
cat to be 15 years.
How
can I pay?
You
can pay for the LifeCare
Program
in
any manner you choose. You should
discuss which funding method is appropriate for you with your personal and
trusted financial advisor and/or attorney. It
is important to get financial advice from qualified and disinterested parties so
that you are assured the advice is competent and unbiased.
California Cat Center, Inc. is prepared to consult with attorneys and
accountants as well as individual cat lovers to assure that a funding plan is
developed that is equitable, fully disclosed and developed to assure your wishes
will be properly executed. Some
options to consider and discuss with your advisors:
· Life
insurance.
You
may make California Cat Center, Inc. the beneficiary of a life insurance policy
to allow funding of pet care upon your death.
This will assure no heirs are denied inheritance.
· Annuity.
If
your own circumstances, illness or disability prompts your pet’s enrollment in
the LifeCare
Program,
you may wish to investigate an annuity that would pay benefits in the future.
· Automatic
periodic payments.
You
may arrange for automatic withdrawals from credit card, debit card or bank
accounts to guarantee the care of your pet.
· Pet
trust.
You
may establish a trust to care for your cat upon your death or disability.
The person you entrust to carry out your wishes may be instructed to
enroll your cat in the LifeCare
Program.
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