C19 UPDATE: Should You Bring Mom Home from the Nursing Home Now?
With the coronavirus moving through facilities that house older adults, families across the country are wondering “Should I bring Mom or Dad home?”
How Do I Protect Property If I Need Long-Term Care?
Did you know that 70% of adults over the age of 65 are predicted to need some type of long-term care for an average length of three years? While thinking about your future, you’ve likely already planned financially, but have you considered your long-term care options?
Retirement Planning and Declining Abilities
When a loved one is experiencing cognitive decline, emotional and medical considerations often overshadow the financial planning that needs to happen. This is a potentially costly mistake.
Requests for Estate Plans Reflect Fears about Coronavirus
Lawyers are being bombarded with requests to write wills, update estate plans and prepare health surrogate or "pull the plug" documents, as people are confronted by the realization that they could be diagnosed with COVID-19 and dead within days.
How Can I Be a Good Caregiver?
Not everyone can afford to hire an in-home nurse or professional caregiver. Today, there are around 45.3 million unpaid, non-professional caregivers in the United States taking care of a loved one.
A Good Move to Make during the Pandemic
The COVID-19 crisis isn't just costing Americans their freedom and jobs; it's also forcing millions to contemplate their own mortality.
How Does Former Nickelodeon Star Amanda Bynes Pregnancy Impact Her Conservatorship?
Amanda Bynes recently revealed that she is pregnant and now Us Weekly reports that her conservatorship may impact the custody of her baby.
Finalizing Estate Planning Documents while Social Distancing
Besides seeking to draft or alter wills and trusts, many clients were changing trustees, executors and the agents they assigned to oversee their finances and health care, if they were unable to make decisions themselves.
Do I Really Need a Health Care Proxy?
An Advance Directive/Living Will is that type of document. It provides authorization for the termination of life support. It is a document that only you can sign – you cannot delegate the power to make that decision.
C19 UPDATE: Coronavirus Got You Thinking About a Will? That Might Not Be Enough.
Amid the climate of uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping the nation, people are grappling with the difficult subject of estate planning … and not taking any chances.