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Taking Mom and Dad to Work
February 16th, 2016
Millions of working Americans act as caregivers for their elderly parents. Will companies start to offer onsite elder care centers where employees can drop off their parents while the employees are working? For large companies seeking to entice young…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Power of Attorney, Special Needs, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
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Medicare to Tighten Restrictions on Home Health Devices
February 3rd, 2016
Medicare fraud costs the federal government millions of dollars a year. Fraudulent claims for devices used in home health care are among the costliest. As a result, Medicare is increasing regulation. When a person has Medicare and needs a home health…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Medicaid, Special Needs, Weblogs, Will
Taking Elder Care Disputes Out of Court
January 29th, 2016
When families disagree about how to care for an elderly relative they often have to go to court to resolve the disputes, which can take a long time. Ontario is considering changing this by taking the cases out of the court system. Even when everythin…
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Elderly Children Taking Care of Elderly Parents
January 28th, 2016
One of the consequences of increased life spans is that when people reach retirement age they might still have elderly parents that need to be cared for. Taking care of an elderly parent can be difficult. As people age they need more and more attenti…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Power of Attorney, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
ABLE Act Basics
January 27th, 2016
Families with children with special needs often have to make extraordinary efforts in their estate plans to make sure that the children are still cared for after the parents pass away. The ABLE Act makes that less necessary. Everyone who has a child…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Special Needs, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
With Loopholes Closed What to Do About Social Security Now
January 22nd, 2016
In a surprise move Congress closed popular Social Security loopholes for married couples, but that does not mean that all Social Security strategies are gone. The United States Congress takes a lot of heat for not doing very much. However, sometimes…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Medicaid, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Trump Under Fire Over Actions Surrounding Father's Estate
January 20th, 2016
It is impossible to read a newspaper or watch the news on TV without hearing some mention of Donald Trump's campaign for president. The latest headlines illustrate how family feuds over estates can have unintended consequences. Donald Trump is w…
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These Pets Are Probably Richer than You
January 19th, 2016
Leaving money in your estate for the care of a beloved pet is often a good idea. However, there are some people who have taken it to an extreme. In recent years including pets in estate plans has become more and more popular. People want to know that…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Charitable Giving, Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Elderly Poverty Could Rise
January 18th, 2016
A steep decline in the number of elderly people living in poverty is one of the greatest social policy success stories of the 20th Century. If current trends do not change, the success might be fleeting. The early decades of the 20th Century saw grea…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Elder Abuse, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Medicaid, Power of Attorney, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Guardianship Laws and Elder Abuse
January 15th, 2016
Guardianship laws are meant to protect people who cannot take care of themselves. However, many people think that the laws do not do enough to protect elderly people from abuse. The process for what happens when an elderly person can no longer handle…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Elder Abuse, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Power of Attorney, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
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