Planning Ahead: What to Prepare When You’re Still Healthy
Planning for the future isn’t something many people think about. This is especially true when you’re planning for your twilight years. No one wants to face mortality, but being prepared for it can make those elder years far more pleasant and stress-free, and it doesn’t take much to accomplish. Explore [...]
Medicaid Benefits: The Importance of a Caregiver Contract
The idea of a caregiver contract may seem unfamiliar or even alien at first to those who step up to provide care for their loved one or parent who has become disabled. Many feel like when your loved one gets hurt, it’s simply your responsibility to help them out without [...]
How the VA Factors in Disability for Benefits and Social Security
Many veterans are left confused and in the cold wondering how they can collect the benefits they’ve been promised and to which they’re entitled after suffering a serious injury in the course of service to their country. The VA takes a close look at various disability-related factors in determining eligibility [...]
Changes in Medicaid: Why Working with an Attorney is Important
We’re facing an uncertain future. The Affordable Care Act will very likely be repealed, but what will happen after that, nobody can tell. This could carry serious implications for Medicaid programs. Explore the potential changes in Medicaid under the incoming administration, what seniors can expect, and how an attorney can [...]
Calculating the Cost of Nursing Care in Ohio
There’s little doubt that nursing care is expensive — and getting more expensive by the year. It can help if you estimate the costs before going in. While this can be complex, a little knowledge can get you started. Explore how to calculate the cost of nursing care in Ohio, [...]
Supporting Your Grieving Parent
Losing a loved one is one of the most trying times of a person’s life, especially when that person is your partner of multiple decades. After one of your parents has passed, the surviving parent will often be left in a state of limbo, wracked with grief and struggling to [...]
Choosing Hospice for Your Loved One
When your loved one needs hospice care, it can be one of the most stressful, emotionally devastating times in your family’s life. In addition to dealing with your grief, you need to find the right hospice care that will keep your loved one comfortable for as long as possible. Unfortunately, [...]
Take the Blended Family Quiz
Statistics show that over 50 percent of families in the United States are part of a “Blended Family.” Here, both spouses have brought children from a previous marriage into the new union. As you can imagine, whenever there’s a merger of people into a new family dynamic, there are new [...]