When Should I Consult with an Elder Law Attorney?
Here’s what you need to consider, when looking to hire an elder law attorney.
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Here’s what you need to consider, when looking to hire an elder law attorney.
The majority of older adults (79%) responding to Genworth’s Caregiving in COVID-19 Beyond Dollars Study 2021 said they preferred to receive care in their homes, but only 42% actually received assistance at home.
Amazon has two new programs that integrate Alexa into hospitals and senior living communities, the company announced today.
For older people and people with disabilities, solving everyday practical problems can be the difference between being able to live at home or being forced to move to an institution. Sometimes people need help getting dressed or making meals. Sometimes they need help managing medications or shopping for groceries.
My wife died and left a bank account with no beneficiary. The bank tells me I have to go through probate. I inherited everything else. What do I have to do?
If you have not already been inundated with invitations to webinars, articles and newsletters regarding the estate planning you should consider doing before new legislation passes, you undoubtedly will receive these over the next few months.
Social Security recipients likely already know that their benefits get a bump almost every year to counteract the effect of inflation. However, that cost-of-living adjustment is just one of several annual tweaks to the Social Security system.
If you do not learn from your mistakes, you are doomed to repeat them. In Estate Planning, if you do not learn from other’s mistakes, you are likely to repeat them.
It can be scary, to not trust your own mind. That is the betrayal sufferers of dementia feel every day—and there are many of them. “Of those at least 65 years of age, there” are “projected to be nearly 14 million by 2060,” says the CDC.
Inherited assets come with benefits, along with some burdens