Five Key Considerations When You are Evaluating a Skilled Nursing Facility for a Parent in 2019
Learning that a loved one may need long-term care can be a challenging time. We know that it is not easy to juggle the responsibilities that come from assisting your parent in finding a long-term care facility or placing them within one, while still maintaining your...
3 Tips on How to Discuss Your Estate Plan with Your Loved Ones
For both parents and children, discussing what will happen in the event of a loved one's incapacity or death can be uncomfortable and emotionally taxing. Many of our clients tell us that they do not feel comfortable sharing details about financial matters or their...
A Death in the Family Can Require Updating Your Estate Plan
One of the best times to update an existing estate plan is at the beginning of a new year. Getting ahead on the previous year’s tax changes, market fluctuations, or life events that may have significant effects on your plan going forward could save you as issues arise...
3 Estate Planning Tips We Can Learn from Aretha Franklin
Sadly, we lost the “Queen of Soul” this year. Aretha Franklin gave so much to us, from great songs such as Rock Steady and Daydreaming, to her contributions to the musical community with her version of Respect. Unfortunately, we can also learn from her when it comes...
Veterans Now Have Greater Access to VA-Funded Care Outside of the VA Health System
Do you or your loved ones receive VA benefits? Have you heard about the new changes that the VA Mission Act of 2018 may make to those benefits? In June 2018, a $52 billion veterans healthcare bill was signed into law with the intention of overhauling the Department of...
5 Tips and Ideas to Support Your Loved One with Special Needs
As a parent or grandparent of a person with special needs, we know how critical it is for you to ensure that he or she is protected both now and well into the future. Unfortunately, there may come a time when you will no longer be able to care for your loved one. You...
Costs Associated with Selecting a Medicare Part-D Prescription Drug Plan
It’s no secret that older adults consume more health care services on average than younger people, and it makes sense. A lifetime of experience compounded by the aging process logically leads to increased health needs. Thankfully, seniors have the option of enrolling...
Researchers Increasingly Caution the Use of Certain Prescription Drugs Linked to Dementia
If you’ve ever been close to a family member who suffered from dementia or Alzheimer’s Disease, or know someone who has, then you know first-hand how devastating the experience can be. The Alzheimer’s Association, a national health nonprofit, describes it as losing...
How to Advocate for an Elderly Parent in a Nursing Home
When families place an elderly loved one in the care of a nursing home, they expect that proper attention and medical care will be competently provided, and rightly so. Unfortunately, one sign that an aging family member’s care needs to be modified immediately can be...
A Durable Power of Attorney Will Help Protect Aging Parents
It may be uncomfortable, and the reality of the matter may be sad, but adult children often need to take charge of their aging parents. This can include ensuring that their aging parents will be able to pay for long-term care if they need it and have the right legal...