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Category: Elder Law

How to Handle a Serious Unexpected Illness

March 31, 2021
If you’re a fan of the HBO series Succession, then you know that a serious and unexpected illness that leaves you incapacitated can spell big trouble for your family, particularly if you’re a high net worth individual....

Applying for Medicare with an Elder Lawyer

November 16, 2020
As your loved ones age, you may be searching for affordable ways to continue to care for them. Securing Medicare for your aging family members is one way to keep their costs down and maintain more of their wealth in their...

Estate Planning Tools for Seniors

February 28, 2020
Far too many people have no estate plan in place at all, and many of those who have made plans for their future have made only a simple last will and testament and not gone any further in the estate planning process. While...

New Law Makes Big Changes to Retirement Plans

December 20, 2019

Congress has passed a spending bill that contains major changes to retirement plans. The bipartisan legislation is designed to provide more incentives to save for retirement, but it may require workers to rethink some of...

Medicare Eligibility Requirements

March 31, 2016
Some people are automatically enrolled in Medicare and this can lead those not enrolled automatically to believe they are not eligible. This is often not the case. People are often confused by the rules for Medicare...

Taking Mom and Dad to Work

February 22, 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...

Affording 100 Years of Life

February 7, 2016
The number of Americans living to see their 100th birthday is on the rise. It is not easy to pay for that many years of retirement.  According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of Americans...

Planning for Long Term Care

March 8, 2014
Few of us like to think about getting older. We don’t want to admit we may need help getting around in 40, 20, or even 10 years. We don’t like to think about how our health in our senior years could affect our...