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Identity Thieves View Elderly As Trusting Victims
Older people make easy targets for identity thieves. This is “because they are more trusting and less aware of the increasing variety of scams,” according to the website of an expert on identity theft who offers six tips for helping to protect loved ones from falling victims. http://gty.im/490785167 Denver-based John Sileo, according to his… Read More »
Medicare And Veterans Administration Benefits Don’t Work Together
Veterans trying to decide between using their VA benefits or Medicare can use both, but only to a limited extent, according to the website Medicareinteractive.org. http://gty.im/200559688-001 “You can have both Medicare and Veterans Affairs benefits,” the site states. “However, Medicare and VA benefits do not work together. Medicare does not pay for any care… Read More »
Improvements On The Way For Nursing Home Rating System
The Obama administration recently announced efforts to improve the quality of care in the nation’s nursing homes and strengthen the reporting system by which consumers obtain information about them. http://gty.im/467305389 Through executives actions and the president signing into law the bipartisan Improving Medicare Post Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014, the administration is seeking… Read More »
List Of ‘Where Not To Die’ Updated For 2015
In the somewhat macabre Forbes magazine’s annual list of “where not to die in 2015,” some changes are noted over the recommendations for the current year. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Since most people probably think there is no such thing as a good place to die at all, the focus for the publication’s ongoing series… Read More »
Those With Offshore Accounts Facing More Scrutiny
Honesty is the best policy, but the best way of being honest with the Internal Revenue Service when it comes to offshore accounts isn’t always easy to discern. Logo of Internal Revenue Service, USA (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A recent article in Forbes magazine focuses of Credit Suisse officials pleading guilty back in May to… Read More »
Growing Number Who Cohabitate Entering Legal Agreements
Marriage isn’t for everybody, but even some who simply are not the marrying kind fall in love. http://gty.im/505902917 And that brings up, not the pre-nup but what’s being termed the “no-nup,” an often-detailed legal agreement between people who want to live together, but without benefit of clergy. That’s a growing sector of society, according… Read More »
Advice On Making Right Choice For Help With Elderly Care
The cost of hiring someone to help care for an elderly relative has remained fairly steady in recent years, according to a recent item in The New York Times. http://gty.im/173807843 It’s still about $19 an hour for a hired homemaker, someone takes care of things like cooking and cleaning. A home health aide, who… Read More »
Act Would Recognize Sacrifices Of Caregivers
Although it would appear, in this political day and age, to have much chance of passage, a New York congresswoman showed some real courage in the summer when she introduced the Social Security Caregiver Credit Act. http://gty.im/103022754 The measure, if passed, would offer some small attempt to make whole wage earners who forego income… Read More »
Estate Planning Not A One-And-Done Deal
Once an estate plan is completed, there’s no resting on one’s laurels. http://gty.im/143175981 “There is a sense of accomplishment when an estate plan is executed,” according to an article this past summer in Forbes. “In fact, it’s quite common for people to sign documents and file them away for safekeeping and forget about them…. Read More »
Ethical Guidelines For Helping Older Clients Offered By ABA
For attorneys who focus all or part of their practice on the needs of older clients, the American Bar Association advises adhering to the “Four C’s of Elder Law Ethics.” They are: Client identification Conflicts of interest Confidentiality Competence “First, all lawyers have an ethical obligation to make it very clear who their client… Read More »