What are the Most Important Items in an Estate Plan During the Pandemic?
Estate planning is the process of arranging, while you are alive, what will happen to your estate, your children and your wealth after you die.
Five Top Reasons to Add Beneficiaries to Investment Accounts
Losing a loved one isn’t just an emotional burden—it also carries an administrative load. There are flower arrangements to pick, eulogies to write and a stream of paperwork to sort through.
Should Medicare Continue with Expanded Telehealth Access after COVID-19?
President Trump’s top Medicare official said Tuesday that expanded access to telemedicine should continue after the coronavirus pandemic recedes and that officials are examining ways to act without waiting for legislation from Congress.
Gene Role May Be a Link between Dementia and the Coronavirus
People with a genetic mutation that increases the risk of dementia also have a greater chance of having severe Covid-19, researchers have revealed.
How Do I Talk about End-Of-Life Decisions?
No one likes to think about the end of their life, but it’s an important topic that many people put off until it’s too late.
How Will Long-term Care Be Priced after the Pandemic?
Will COVID-19 make long-term care even more expensive?
Steps to Take When a Loved One Dies
When a member of your family dies, you could be left to pick up the financial pieces. Finding all the information you need can be challenging.
What Should I Ask, If My Mom Is in a Quarantined Facility
It can be frustrating and nerve-racking when you can't see a loved one face-to-face — a fact that so many family members with loved ones in assisted living or nursing home facilities are discovering during the coronavirus outbreak. To protect those who are most at risk of complications from the disease caused by the coronavirus, COVID-19, health officials have announced strict rules for some facilities with vulnerable older residents.
What Should I Know about Guardianship?
One of the key functions of the family law system is to ensure that children are looked after appropriately. This is the basis for the doctrine of legal guardianship.
How to Talk to a Parent Suffering from Alzheimer’s or Dementia during the Pandemic
We are at a critical time during the COVID-19 pandemic. While everyone is on edge, and being inundated with news headlines and new statistics, one population we should keep top of mind is our older friends and families, especially those with cognitive impairment, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.