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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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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
Estate Planning Versus a Divorce Decree
January 26th, 2016
Sometimes when people are upset about specific terms of their divorce they will attempt to use estate planning to possibly get around those terms. That is usually not a good idea. When you think of all the possible things that could be ordered in a d…
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Living Trust Tips
January 25th, 2016
People looking to avoid probate are often advised to create living trusts. The trusts can be excellent instruments and it is important to know what assets to put into them and what assets to leave out. Probate avoidance is an important goal in many e…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Power of Attorney, Probate, Succession, Taxes, Trust Funding, Weblogs
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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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
What to Do after an Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis
January 14th, 2016
If you or a loved one is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, it is important to take immediate steps to ensure that end-of-life care is as comfortable as can be. There is a common myth that people with Alzheimer's are completely incompetent…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Power of Attorney, Probate, Special Needs, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
How Healthy Will Elderly Baby Boomers Be?
January 13th, 2016
The baby boomer generation is on average expected to live a lot longer than previous generations, but that does not mean they are expected to be healthier than the elderly of those previous generations. In 2030, when the last of the baby boomer gener…
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