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April 13, 2023
Why Choose An Elder Law Attorney For Estate Planning? You have decided to take the advice of your friends, family and financial planner and have your estate planning documents prepared. Who should you hire — a traditional estate planner, or, an elder law attorney? While most elder law attorneys are Read more
April 13, 2023
Role of Being The Agent Of A Loved One's Power Of Attorney For Property Your mother (or another loved one) just gave you her Power of Attorney for Property document, and it names you as her agent. What responsibilities do you have? Well, to begin with, you don’t necessarily have Read more
April 13, 2023
Palliative Care And Supportive Care...Improving Quality Of Life Living with a serious illness can create physical challenges like pain, symptoms or side effects from medication… and even emotional concerns like anxiety or depression…that can affect your quality of life. Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses, Read more
April 13, 2023
Do I Really Need A Living Trust? A geriatric social worker recently shared with us a conversation he had with an older woman who attends the senior program the social worker manages. The older woman, who I will refer to as Mrs. G, told the social worker that she attended Read more
April 13, 2023
Digital Assets Can Raise Estate Planning Issues More and more, we are conducting our business on the Internet, whether that’s online banking, shopping, uploading documents and files to the “cloud,” posting videos, or communicating with ‘long lost’ friends. So, what happens to all of our accounts and files when we Read more
April 13, 2023
Family Caregiving When The Adult Children Live Long Distance When families live far away from one another, the holidays may be the only opportunity that long-distance caregivers and family members have to personally observe older relatives. Decline can happen quickly. Family members who haven't seen their aging loved for a Read more
April 13, 2023
Legal Planning For Living With A Chronic Medical Condition In 1900, most people died younger from communicable diseases and after relatively short illnesses. Today, we are more likely to die older from one or more chronic conditions and after an extended period of illness. The decisions involved with planning for Read more
April 13, 2023
Important Information To Know And Keep Current Medical Insurance A list of insurance policies, the carriers, the account / policy numbers, and names of beneficiaries. Utilities Names, account number, and contact information for all utilities (electric, phone, cable, water, internet, etc.). Documents Financial This information is not to be considered Read more
April 13, 2023
How To Pay For Skilled Care One of the things that concerns people most about nursing home care is how to pay for that care. There are basically three ways that you can pay the cost of a nursing home: There is a lot more to be said about long Read more
April 13, 2023
Choosing An Elder Law Attorney The process of finding and choosing an elder law attorney begins by identifying that you actually need one. The question is: Why would you need the services of this specialized attorney? Here are some questions to ask yourself: If you can answer yes to any Read more
