To make sure they’re still good, you should check your estate planning documents every so often, especially with big life changes like births, marriages, divorces, and moving to another state. Children grow up, marriages dissolve, property gets sold, residences change.…
There is a record 53 million people in the United States who provide care for an older family member. About 17 percent of the US population is a family caregiver, and most are losing sleep, worrying, losing income, struggling to balance caregiving…
Unfortunately, it’s easy to make mistakes when it comes to inheritances and Medicaid. Those mistakes can be costly. When a person is drawing Medicaid benefits and inherits money or property, that inheritance jeopardizes the benefits. The inheritance must be handled…
Nobody really wants to think in advance about accidents or illness. But if no advance planning has been done, and if an elderly parent has broken a hip, say, and is about to be discharged from the hospital, the family…
As our population ages, Americans are entering nursing homes at unprecedented rates. The CDC estimates that 1.3 million Americans lived in nursing homes in 2015. Of course, that number has only gone up in the last six years. Nursing homes provide a…
Having a strong power of attorney is important for everyone but is especially important for those who have a condition like Alzheimer’s. Additionally, it is important to know that a good “basic” advance-directive document needs considerable supplementation when it comes…
Mabel’s children knew that Mabel would need long-term nursing-home care in the near future. It was the holidays, and Mabel always got a lot of joy out of generosity. But her children had heard that people in Mabel’s circumstances should…
One of the leading causes of death from injury among seniors is falling, and the risk increases with age. Fully one third of those over age 65 fall each year, and many suffer severe or even fatal injuries. Researchers at…
New Checklist Helps Catch Symptoms Earlier A new condition known as mild behavioral impairment may be the forerunner of dementia according to Researchers presenting at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2016 (AAIC 2016). They also proposed a new MBI checklist that physicians…
Whether provided at home or in a nursing home, long-term care is a major financial risk in our senior years. However, few people buy long-term care insurance. Of those who do, one-third with long-term care insurance at age 65 will…