Decisions to Make for Your Power of Attorney
A power of attorney may seem like a simple document, but there are several important decisions that need to be made when creating one.
The 6 Biggest Estate Planning Mistakes
While you likely have the best of intentions regarding how you want your estate distributed when you die or your affairs handled should you become incapacitated, without proper planning your best intentions may not be enough.
Hiring a Caregiver: Should You Employ One Yourself or Go Through an Agency?
Many families will eventually have to hire a caregiver to look after an aging relative. There are two main ways to hire someone: directly or through a home health agency.
How to Use Intrafamily Loans as Part of Your Estate Plan
When interest rates are low, intrafamily loans can be a good way to assist children with purchasing a house or a family business, and in certain circumstances they can be used to gift money to the next generation.
Make Sure Your Estate Plan and Other Essential Documents Are Safe from Disasters
In the event you lose your house in a natural disaster or through another calamity, it is important that your estate planning and other important documents are beyond reach and easily retrievable.
Medicaid’s Attempt to Ensure the Healthy Spouse Has Enough Income: The MMMNA
When most of a couple’s income is in the name of the spouse who is receiving Medicaid, the spouse remaining in the community may wonder what he or she will live on. Medicaid has created some protections for the community spouse.
It’s Medicare Open Enrollment Time: Is Your Plan Still Working for You?
Every year during Medicare’s Open Enrollment Period, which runs from October 15 to December 7, Medicare gives beneficiaries a window of opportunity to shop around and determine if their current Medicare plan is still the best one for them.
What Is a Fiduciary and What Are Its Obligations?
When you need someone else to care for money or property on your behalf, that person (or organization) is called a fiduciary.
Medicaid’s Home Care Waivers Can Help You Avoid a Nursing Home, But the Line May Be Long
The federal government can grant “waivers” to states allowing them to expand Medicaid to include home and community-based services. The downside is that states can limit home care and the wait can be long.
How Do I File for a Guardianship?
In most states, anyone interested in the well-being of an individual who may be incapacitated – called the “proposed ward” — can request a guardianship for that person.