Millions of elderly people in the U.S. live alone and many of them suffer from loneliness and diminished capacity. That makes them vulnerable to thieves. Criminals like to pick the easiest targets that they can find. For many thieves that means they…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Charitable Giving, Current Affairs, Elder Abuse, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Special Needs, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Thanks to medical advances and changing attitudes about sex, it is no longer taboo for nursing homes to allow intimate relations between residents. One Brooklyn nursing home even has a dating service for its residents. The introduction of Viagra and…
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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
Hospices are supposed to provide humane end of life care. Most do. However, one hospice in Texas shows why we should always be vigilant in protecting against abuse of the elderly. Monica Patterson was the director of a hospice in Edinburg, Texas. It…
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The federal government has announced six new measurements for its system of comparing the quality of care patients receive at nursing homes. Anyone interested in information about the quality of a nursing home can go to Medicare's website and us…
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Tags: care, Elder Abuse, Elder Law, homes, housing, level of care, long-term care, Medicaid, Medicare, Nursing Homes, quality of care, Special Needs, weblogs
Under federal law if a nursing home patient goes to a hospital and the nursing home subsequently refuses to readmit the resident, the resident is entitled to an administrative hearing conducted by state government. However, even when residents win th…
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Many seniors in the U.S. fall victim to living trust scammers who scare and intimidate their victims into purchasing worthless, unnecessary trusts. Seniors need to know what to look out for to avoid being victims. Going through probate can be burdens…
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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
Financial abuse of the elderly is a serious problem. While most estate planning and elder law attorneys can be trusted not to abuse clients unfortunately not all can be trusted. William Edy was a respected elder law attorney in Florida. He was known…
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For decades, states have granted courts the power to appoint guardians or conservators for elderly or disabled people unable to tend to their basic needs. Most appointed guardians are family members, but judges can turn to a growing industry of profe…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Medicaid, Power of Attorney, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
This is the time of year when certain money issues come more into focus, including those related to income-tax planning, charity scams and checking up on the financial health of family members. Tax planning isn't shaping up as anything remarkabl…
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