The facts can be quite sobering. It’s estimated that 70 percent of Americans will require long-term care of some kind in their lives. If you become part of that group, your long-term care cost could be roughly $138,000 over your lifetime. And if you’re...
Protect Yourself And Your Family
Year: 2017
Caring for a parent who has dementia comes with many legal issues
Children rarely anticipate that they will one day need to care for their elderly parents. Still, this is inevitable for many families--especially for adult children whose parents have Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or another disease that induces dementia. If your parent...
Don’t allow elder abuse to happen
It’s a sad story that plays out far too often these days. Someone takes advantage of a senior, draining bank accounts, spending the very money they offered to manage. Often, these cases of financial exploitation involve family members or caregivers. Financial...
Health care directives: An important part of your estate plan
A heart attack on the way to a second job, a stroke while checking Facebook in bed or a car crash that results in a coma, these traumatic events can come at almost any time. It is impossible to know the when, but it is possible to have a plan.A neighbor was shocked...
Estate plans are not just for the rich and famous
You've seen it in the movies. After the funeral, the wealthy family in black sits down in the parlor and the executor of the estate reads the last will and testament. The scene usually has some dramatic surprises, there are usually some disgruntled relatives who had...