Proactive Legal Strategies for Cognitive Decline
November 13, 2024
Legal tools like power of attorney and healthcare directives are essential in forming a proactive legal strategy for cognitive decline.
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Brian Wilson Has a Conservator
May 16, 2024
Planning for incapacity might sound as fun as a rain-soaked beach party, but it’s as essential as remembering the lyrics to “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” at a Beach Boys concert. We Baby Boomers are older now…
When Your Diagnosis Is Dementia…
March 18, 2024
I have been diagnosed with brain damage and dementia. Word to the younger folks: I woke up last year and suddenly could not spell or write legibly. No warning. No symptoms.
Medicaid Planning and Estate Planning?
February 29, 2024
Understanding the differences between Medicaid planning and estate planning is crucial for anyone looking to secure their financial future and ensure that their healthcare needs are met in their later years. While each serves distinct purposes, they are often interconnected, requiring careful coordination to achieve your overall planning objectives. Learn more about how you can protect your assets, ensure access to necessary care and leave a legacy for your loved ones.
Planning for a Caregiving Children?
March 2, 2023
A not uncommon estate planning scenario is an elderly parent who lives with an adult child, either at the parent(s)’s home or at the child’s home.
Must I Pay for Spouse’s Debt If They Die?
August 31, 2022
If husband and wife did not own together or separately any land, a house, a boat etc. but only rented a home and had no children, is the surviving spouse responsible to pay medical bills that insurance did not cover?
Elderly Financial Exploitation Is Increasing
October 28, 2021
The Texas Department of Adult Protective Services (APS) recommended Tuesday morning that community members, aged 65 and older, keep their private information, like social security numbers, passwords, maiden names and bank account information, in a locked drawer or somewhere safe.
Keeping Seniors Safe in Coronavirus Pandemic
October 9, 2020
Forty-one percent of participants in a new survey said they don’t trust assisted living communities and nursing homes to keep older adults safe amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Possible Pitfalls for Special Needs Planning
July 23, 2020
Both the state and federal government, administered through the Social Security Administration (SSA) and Medicaid, provide disabled individuals with a variety of life enhancing, and sometimes life sustaining, public benefits.
Why are Medicare Scams Increasing in the COVID-19 Pandemic?
June 18, 2020
The concept of financial scams isn’t a new one. Unfortunately, seniors tend to be particularly prone to them in general. Introduce a pandemic, and you have the makings for financial ruin among our country’s most vulnerable.
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