Many of our clients have approached us for advice about nursing home placement for a loved one. Part One of this blog explored five common problems outlined in Justice in Aging’s 2005 article “20 Common Nursing Home Problems—and How To Resolve…
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Categories: Advocacy, Aging in Place, Aging Parents, Caregiving, Elder Care, Estate Planning, Geriatric Care, Health, Life Care Planning, Long-Term Care Planning, Skilled Nursing Facility
As we stress often to families in our practice, planning for and dealing with the significant challenges and difficulties of long-term care is a daunting process. The complexities of very complicated state and federal Medicaid laws and regulations…
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When faced with long-term nursing home placement, countless individuals and their loved ones lament having to consider them in the first place. However, in many cases, the 24-hour supervision and specialized services provided in these facilities are…
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Categories: Advocacy, Aging Parents, Caregiving, Dehydration, Elder Care, Estate Planning, Family Caregiver, General Interest, Geriatric Care, Health, Hydration, Life Care Planning, Long-Term Care Planning, Power of Attorney, Skilled Nursing Facility
Since the purpose of a Will is to document your wishes for who should be the executor and who should receive your solely-owned assets after you die, it should be a fairly straightforward matter to change that document if you later change your mind, r…
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Categories: Blog, Caregiving, Changes to Legal Documents, Disinherited Children, Elder Care, End of Life Care, Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Health, Probate, Valid Estate Planning documents, Validity of a Will, Will Contest
Witnessing the struggles of a loved one living with dementia is tremendously difficult. Emotions run high when experiencing the changes in a loved one as they move through the progressive stages of the disease. These are very relatable experiences am…
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Categories: Advocacy, Aging in Place, Aging Parents, Alzheimer's, Caregiving, Dementia, Elder Care, Elder Law, End of Life Care, Estate Planning, Geriatric Care, Life Care Planning, Skilled Nursing Facility
One advertising campaign that has impacted our society is summarized in the exclamation, “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” What image does that sentence call to mind? An elderly woman, alone in her home and frightened by a sudden need for eme…
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The experience of growing older is different for us all. Our health, history, and support systems can all have significant impacts on the aging process. As we age, there is an increased likelihood that we will endure the death of a loved one and need…
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A recent court decision from the Nebraska Supreme Court shows the perils of not planning for long term care before there is a problem. For example: a now divorced 94-year-old must pay so much alimony that it brings his income below the poverty leve…
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Can an individual suffering from dementia legally divorce his or her spouse? Or to put it another way, can someone with dementia possess the legal right to divorce and initiate a lawsuit yet at the same time to lack the capacity to manage property…
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Categories: Advocacy, Aging in Place, Aging Parents, Blog, Caregiving, Dementia, Elder Care, Elder Law, Estate Planning, General Interest, Health Care Power of Attorney, Life Care Planning, Long-Term Care Planning, Power of Attorney
Last time we gave a brief description of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Obergefell v. Hodges that recognized same-sex marriage as a constitutional right. Same sex marriage is now a right nationwide. Now that same-sex couples have the op…
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Categories: Blog, Estate Planning, Estate Planning for same sex couples, General Interest, Health Care Power of Attorney, Marriage, Power of Attorney, Same-Sex Couple, Valid Estate Planning documents, valid marriage, Validity of a Will
