Author Archives: Site Administrator
Women and Estate Planning: A Natural, Necessary Fit
Women control more than half the wealth in the United States, and yet their role in estate planning has traditionally been small to nonexistent. That’s changing, and for more reasons than simply where a majority of the money rests. “Today’s women are a powerful financial force, accumulating, managing, and distributing more wealth than ever… Read More »
Benefits for Veterans Ought to be Automatic
It practically amounts to denying veterans of the benefits they deserve. “More than half of America’s veterans say they have little or no understanding of the benefits due them, despite efforts over recent years to match returning soldiers with the help and services they need,” according to a recent story by Chris Adams of… Read More »
Help Available Finding the Right Nursing Home
Few decisions are more gut-wrenching than having to find a facility in which to place a beloved elderly relative. Nursing Home (Photo credit: LOLren) Unfortunately, many nursing homes and other eldercare operations sometimes offer misleading information and exaggerated claims, about such things as staff training and the kinds of services available. Fortunately, there are… Read More »
Veterans Often ‘Need an Attorney for This Journey’
The men and women who fought for their country shouldn’t have to fight for what their country owes them. The sad fact is, though, that all too often they do. The laws and regulations governing the benefits for veterans have become so byzantine that it’s a road few want to travel alone. As singer-songwriter… Read More »
Specialized Courts for Veterans Can Help Reclaim Lives
Justice may be blind, but that doesn’t mean the people who administer courts can’t see the distinctions that exist between those who find themselves in legal difficulties. In the past two decades or so, specialized courts have been created to deal with drug offenders, those with mental illness and even prostitutes. After all, most… Read More »
Wise Estate Planning is Never One and Done
Sometimes it must seem as if plans devised for estate and investment planning are like city buses: another one will be along shortly, headed in a completely different direction. It is simply a fact, and admittedly a frustrating one for advisors and clients alike, that the world and people’s lives are changing so rapidly,… Read More »
Diagnosis of Dementia Isn’t an End to Making Legal Decisions
Alzheimer’s is insidious. The definitions of that somewhat old-fashioned term in the Meriam Webster Dictionary include “awaiting a chance to entrap” and “developing so gradually as to be well established before becoming apparent.” Those all perfectly describe Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, and it is the subtle onset of loss of memory and cognitive abilities… Read More »
Discrimination: It’s Not Just for Young People, Anymore
A group of people who probably rarely if ever experienced discrimination in their lives could be in for a big surprise. And an unpleasant one. “Elderly people experience a type of discrimination that’s prevalent, and it has nothing to do with the color of their skin, their religion or socio-economic status,” Marlo Sollitto writes… Read More »
What to Consider When Choosing a Long-Term Care Living Situation for your Loved One
Choosing a long-term care living arrangement is one of the most difficult challenges faced by aging adults and their loved ones. Most families try to avoid the nursing home option to the very end, believing that assisted living or small residential care homes provide a better quality of life. But this may not necessarily… Read More »
Caregiver Compensation Agreements: The Hidden Solution to Caring for Loved Ones
Caring for an aging relative is difficult—and often underappreciated—work. Many people who serve as caregivers often feel as if they have two jobs—their full-time day job at the office, and the part-to-full-time job of caregiver at home. As their parents age and decline, most of these caregivers end up not only giving up more… Read More »