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Scammers target grandparents with emotional pleas
Some people, unbelievably, don’t love grandparents. Instead of senior citizens who are to be revered for their experience, wisdom and ability to spoil grandchildren, con artists view grandparents as money trees to be shaken, and sometimes in the cruelest of ways. “You get a call or an email unexpectedly from someone who claims to… Read More »
Agency creates partnerships to reduce veteran suicide rate
Soldier holding folded American flag Amid all the storm and fury of presidential politics, with little attention paid to combat hotspots around the world, it’s easy to forget our veterans. But it’s not easy for them to forget what they’ve been through, and far too many can’t shake off their experiences on foreign soil…. Read More »
Election year could portend estate-planning uncertainty
The impending election may, then again it may not, have some implications for estate planning. English: Seal of the President of the United States Español: Escudo del Presidente de los Estados Unidos. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It all depends, according to a recent article on the website of the National Law Review, on whether or… Read More »
Article offers advice on coping with older children living at home
It’s not that a growing number of adult children are choosing to live with their parents. It’s that parents are letting their sons and daughters move back in, or never leave in the first place. A recent article on the website empoweringparents.com cited a study showing that almost 53 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds… Read More »
Unpaid Caregivers Pack Powerful Economic Punch
What would be worth more than the combined 2013 sales of Apple, Hewlett Packard, IBM and Microsoft? Why, the unpaid services by family caregivers in the United States that same year, according to a recent report by the AARP. The medical support and other services provided to loved ones was estimated at $470 billion…. Read More »
Visits With Aging Parents May Spur Concerns
When the holidays bring families together, sometimes worry is a byproduct of all that warmth. For the adult children of parents getting up there in years, a seasonal gathering might provide something of an unwelcome wake-up call, but one they need to heed nonethless. “Little things you can’t learn in a phone call can… Read More »
Angela N. Manz is now licensed to practice law in NC
The Law Office of Angela N. Manz is pleased to announce that Angela Manz is now licensed to practice law in the state of North Carolina. Angela took the February, 2010 NC bar exam and will be sworn in at the end of April. A personal note from Angela: I want to extend my… Read More »
Planning for Your Elder Years
If we were to ask an older person what his or her most important concerns for aging are, we would probably get a variety of different answers. According to surveys frequently conducted among the elderly, the most likely answers we would receive would include the following three principal concerns or life wishes: 1. Remaining… Read More »
Elder Law Attorneys Specialize in Helping the Elderly
Many elderly persons rely entirely on their children, family members or other trusted individuals to help them. This dependence upon caregivers or family members makes an older person more vulnerable to abuse and financial exploitation. Legal arrangements and protective actions by family may be necessary to shield loved ones from making bad decisions or… Read More »
Employer Support for Care Giving Employees
“There are only four kinds of people in this world. Those who have been caregivers, those who are caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need caregivers.” Rosalynn Carter, Former First Lady The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that in the year 2010, 54% of workforce employees will provide eldercare for… Read More »