The Benefit of Pre-Planning
Too many people think that estate planning is something that only the rich do. In truth, just about everyone has assets, and those assets could be in danger without a...
Important Questions to Ask When Choosing a Nursing Home
Nobody wants to put their elderly loved one in a home. It’s a horrible, stressful time. You have to face the fact that they can’t care for themselves, and that...
Guide to Medicaid Planning for Single or Widowed Individuals
Medicaid is a vital benefit for millions of people all over the United States, especially when you’re in dire need of medical expenses to cover home health care, assisted living...
When You Should Update Your Estate Plan
An estate plan is one of the most useful legal tools that you can possess. When your estate plan is written correctly, you will be able to protect your assets...
How to Deal With Credit Cards of the Deceased
When a loved one passes away, there are several issues that need to be handled, including making funeral arrangements and dealing with their estate. However, there is one issue that...
Long-Term Care Mistakes: What Not to Do
As you or a loved one grows older, there’s nothing more important than planning your long-term care. However, many people are unprepared for just how complicated planning long-term care can...
Who Has the Capacity to Make a Will?
One of the most important areas of elder law is protecting your assets with a will. Having a will in order means your estate will be handled in the way...
Remaining Socially Engaged with Age
One of the key things that makes aging more difficult is the fact that we tend to lose touch with the things that are going on in the world. That...
How to Embrace Aging
We’ve all heard the platitudes: thirty is the new twenty, forty is the new thirty. The truth is, when you’re at the turn of a new decade, it never feels...
The Dangers of Joint Tenancy
Joint tenancy is a legal concept that many partners, whether romantic couples or business partners, use to avoid probate when one passes away. It’s also referred to as JTWROS, or...
The Basics of Estate Planning for Singles
For the most part, people who think about estate planning are those who have entire families to consider. However, those who are single also have concerns as they look to...
The Healthcare Debate, Medicare and Medicaid
If you take fifteen seconds to look at social media these days, you’ll see wild predictions of doom and gloom, of hundreds of thousands of people dying in the street...