November 2013, This Month's Articles
- Court Rules Surviving Spouses of Reverse Mortgage Holders Cannot Lose Homes
- Preventing Your Surviving Spouse From Losing Medicaid Eligibility
- Be Aware of the Dangers of Joint Accounts
- Is an Electronic Will Valid?
August 2013, This Month's Articles
- Have You Planned for State Estate and Inheritance Taxes?
- Was James Gandolfini's Will a Mistake?
- Estate Planning in the Age of Stepfamilies
- Should You Buy Long-Term Care Insurance with a Long Elimination Period?
July 2013 - This Month's Articles
- The U.S. Supreme Court Rules Gay and Spouse is Entitled to Estate Tax Refund
- Should You Prepare a Medicaid Application Yourself?
- Apps and Online Programs For Seniors and Caregivers
- Can You Protect Yourself From Hospital "Observation" Status?
June 2013 - This Month's Articles
- How Can Promissory Notes Be Used in Medicaid Planning?
- Will You Lose Medicare of Medicaid if You Leave the Nursing Home to Visit Family?
- Tax Break Helps Pay for CCRC Fees
- Book Review: Protecting Your Family with Long-Term Care Insurance
May 2013 - This Month's Articles
- Married Couples Can Maximize Their Social Security Benefits Using File and Suspend
- What Happens If Your Long-Term Care Insurance Company Fails?
- Federal Agency Urges Crackdown on the Profusion of Senior Financial Designations
- 12 Interview Questions to ask In-Home Care Aide
April 2013 - This Month's Articles
- Federal Government is Getting Rid of Popular Reverse Mortgage
- Women Will Pay More in Long-Term Care Insurance
- Protecting Your House from Medicaid Estate Recovery
- Retirement Home Worker's Refusal to Administer CPR to Save Resident Sparks Debate
March 2013 - This Month's Articles
- Five Myths About Medicaid's Long-Term Care Coverage
- When is a Hospital Stay Not a Hospital Stay? Bill Aims to Fix Costly Medicare Loophole
- End-of-Life Dilemma: Hospice or Nursing Home?
- Do-it-Yourself Will Leads to Unwanted Result
February 2013 - This Month's Articles
- 'Fiscal Cliff' Deal Brings Changes to Estate Taxes and IRAs
- Social Security Switching to All-Electronic Payment System
- Mass. Court Rules Wife is Responsible for Husband's Nursing Home Care
- Bankruptcy May Be the Better Choice for Debt-Laden Seniors
January 2013 - This Month's Articles
- Key 2013 Dollar Limits for Medicaid Long-Term Care Coverage Released
- Why You May Be Left Out of a Relatives Meeting With an Elder Law Attorney
- What to Do With an Inherited IRA
- New Medicare Tax for High-Earners to Begin in 2013
December 2012 - This Month's Articles
- Medicare Premium Rise Lower Than Expected
- Book Review: Everyday Law for Seniors
- Live Up to your Commitment to the Nursing Home, or Beware
- The Average Cost of Nursing Home Care Moves Upward in 2012
- What Do the Election Results Mean for Seniors?
November 2012 - This Month's Articles
- Medicare to End 'Improve or You're Out' Standard for Coverage of Skilled Services
- Social Security Benefits to Edge Up 1.7 Percent
- Single? You Still Need an Estate Plan
- Reverse Mortgages are Causing Some Homeowners to Lose Their Homes
October 2012 - This Month's Articles
- Medicare's Open Enrollment Season is Coming
- How Gifts Can Affect Medicaid Eligibility
- Book Review: The Best Care Possible: A Physicians Quest to Transform Care Through End of Life
- Voter ID Laws May Prevent Many Seniors From Voting
- Specialist's Help Seniors Buy or Sell a Home
September 2012 - This Month's Articles
- Five Topics to Discuss with Your Spouse Before You Retire
- Legal DIY Websites Are No Match for a Pro. Consumer Reports Concludes
- IRS to Crack Down on IRA Tax Rules
- Medicare's Observation Policy Comes Under Scrutiny
August 2012 - This Month's Articles
- Medicaid Expansion: What if a State Opts Out?
- Elderly Losing Homes for Owing a Few Hundred Dollars in Back Taxes
- May Someone with Dementia Sign a Will?
- Home Care Agencies Hiring Unqualified Caregivers, Study Finds
July 2012 - This Month's Articles
- $500,000 Found in House Walls Belongs to Estate, Not Homeowners
- How to Prepare When Elderly Parents Move in with Adult Children
- Book Review: Elder Care: The Road to Growing Old is Not Paved
- Federal Court Rules that Gay Widow is Entitled to Estate Tax Refund
- Is Assisted Suicide Legal?
June 2012 - This Month's Articles
- Son Liable for Mom's $93,000 Nursing Home Bill Under "Filial Responsibility" Law
- Medicare Recipients Can Now See Results of Home Health Agency Patent Surveys
- Brown University Confirms Observation Continues to Replace Hospital Admission Status
- Man Who Dresses as His Elderly Mother to Regain Her Home Get 13 Years
- What Can Jim Morrison's Simple Will Teach Us About Estate Planning?
May 2012 - This Month's Articles
- 5 Ways Your Will Can Become Usless, Or Close to It
- Low Interest Rates Force Long- Term Care Insurance Prices Up
- Book Review: Never Say Die - The Myth and Marketing of the New Old Age
- Study Suggests Some Are Saving Too Much for Retirement
- Whitney Houston's Estate Plan Illustrates Use of Testamentary Trust
April 2012 - This Month's Articles
- 5 Ways Your Will Can Become Useless, or Close to It
- Low Interest Rates Force Long-Term Care Insurance Prices Up
- Book Review: Never Say Die - The Myth and Marketing of the New Old Age
- Study Suggests Some Are Saving Too Much for Retirement
- Whitney Houston's Estate Plan Illustrates Use of Testamentary Trust
March 2012 - This Month's Articles
- How to Select an In-Home Aide
- Is My Will Still Valid If I Move to Another State?
- Bankers Life Long-Term Care Insurance Policy Holders Report Problems Getting Paid
- Children Conceived After a Parent's Death Are Challenging Estate Plans and Laws
February 2012 - This Month's Articles
- Giving Your Home to Your Children Can Have Tax Consequences
- TSA Sets Up Hotline for Air Travelers With Disabilities or Medical Conditions
- Book Review: A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents -- and Ourselves
- Financial Industry Regulator Issues Warning on Senior Designations
- Economists Say That Tightening Medicaid Rules Would Barely Increase Demand for Private Insurance
January 2012 - This Month's Articles
- Medicare Beneficiaries: Make Sure Your Equipment Supplier Works With Medicare
- Book Review: Moving Forward on Your Own: A Financial Guidebook for Widows
- A Letter of Instruction Can Spare Your Heirs Great Stress
- Social Security's Benefits for Spouses
December 2011 - This Month's Articles
- 2012 Medicare Premium Hike Lower Than Predicted, and Some Will See a Savings
- The Five Components of a Good Estate Plan
- Suit Contests Hospitals' Practice of Not Admitting Patients Prior to Nursing Home Transfer
- What You Pay Your Doctor Under Medicare Depends
November 2011 - This Month's Articles
- Medicare's Open Enrollment Season Already Underway
- Average Cost of a Private Nursing Home Room Tops $87,000 a Year
- Book Review: Retirement Heist: How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers
- Make Sure Your Power of Attorney Complies with Federal Privacy Law
- Communicating End-of-Life Wishes Pays Off Where Aggressive Treatment Is the Norm
October 2011 - This Month's Articles
- How to Avoid Problems as a Trustee
- Report Ranks States on Long-Term Care Services, Calls for Impovement
- Senior Cohousing: A Retirement Alternative
- The Difference Between Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
August 2011 - This Month's Articles
- Two Tax Court Decisions Clarify When Long-Term Care Expenses Are Deductible
- Cohabitating Seniors: Protect Your Rights
- Hiring a Caregiver: Should You Employ One Yourself or Go Through an Agency?
- Feds Enhance Site for Comparing Nursing Homes
July 2011 - This Month's Articles
- Adult Children Losing $3 Trillion in Caring for Aging Parents
- Prenuptial Agreements Can Be an Estate Planning Tool
- Book Review: The Parent Care Conversation
- Who Gets Copies of the Will After a Person Dies?
- Study Finds Financial Abuse of Elderly Is on Rise
June 2011 - This Month's Articles:
- Why You Need to Plan for Long-Term Care
- Bank of America Says Power of Attorney Does Not Grant Access to Online Banking
- Book Review: Mom Always Liked You Best
- Resolving Conflicts Between Co-Agents on a Power of Attorney
- Daily Money Managers Can Help Assist Seniors With Financial Matters
May 2011 - This Month's Articles:
- House Budget Cutters Prescribe Radical Surgery for Medicare and Medicaid
- Responsibility for a Deceased Relative's Debts
- Caregiver Contracts: A Growing Planning Trend for Families
- New rule Requires Homebound Medicare Patients to See Doctor
- States may Now Extend Medicaid's Spousal Protections to Same-Sex Partners
March 2011 -This Month's Articles:
- Free Medicare Prevention Care Has Kicked In
- A Trip to the Hospital May Put Assisted Living Residents on Medicaid at Risk of Eviction
- Book Review: The Savvy Senior
- Consider Putting Gifts to Grandchildren in a Trust
- 2011 Long-Term Care Insurance Price Index Announced
February 2011 - This Month's Articles:
- Turning 65? What You Need to Know about Signing up for Medicare
- The Virtues of Private Reverse Mortgages
- Book Review: New Times, New Challenges
- State Laws Create Obstacles to End-of-Life Planning, Study Finds
- Proposed Chinese Law Would Require Adult Children to Visit Elderly Parents Regularly
January 2011 - This Month's Articles:
- Nehmar and Vietnam Presumptive Claims
- Obama Signs Tax-Cut Bill Setting Estate Tax Exemption at $5 Million for Two Years
- Federal Program Helps Nursing Home Residents Move Home
- Book Review: The 101 Biggest Estate Planning Mistakes
- Do Surviving Spouses Have a Right to a 401(k) or an IRA?
- As Predicted, Social Security Closes Door on Benefits 'Do-Over' Strategy
May 2008 - This Month's Articles:
- Protecting Your House After You Move Into a Nursing Home
- Identifying and Dealing With Financial Abuse of the Elderly
- Book Review: Mom Minus Dad
- Taking a Second Look at Your Early Social Security Benefit
- Federal Nursing Home Site Now Notes Troubled Facilities
April 2008 - This Month's Articles
- New Tax Break Helps Surviving Spouses
- Keeping Track of Your Will
- Book Review: Cents & Sensibility: The Practical Guide to Money & Aging
- 10 Million Boomers Will Develop Alzheimer's, Report Predicts
- Study Suggests Medicaid-Sponsored Home Care Reduces Nursing Home Use
March 2008 - This Month's Articles
- Seniors Need to File Tax Return to Get Rebate Check
- Why Not Just Use an Off-the-Shelf Power of Attorney Form
- Book Review: My Life Book
- Temporary Capital Gains Tax Break Can Help Seniors
- Is It Better to Remarry or Just Live Together?
February 2008 - This Month's Articles
- Medicare's Limited Nursing Home Coverage
- Lack of Power of Attorney Stops Daughter's Nursing Home Suit
- Book Review: Coping with Your Difficult Older Parent
- Medicaid Proposes Allowing Recipients to Direct Own Home Care
- Lawsuits Claim Elderly Should Be Protected From Their Bad Decisions
January 2008 - This Month's Articles
- Preventing a Will Contest
- AARP Report Highlights Successes, Problems with Reverse Mortgages
- Book Review: You Can't Take It With You, So How Will You Leave it Behind?
- Court Refuses to Help Man Get Back Oil Rights He Gave Away in Order to Defraud Medicaid
- Feds Publish List of 54 Poorest-Performing Nursing Homes
December 2007 - This Month's Articles
- Medicare Open Enrollment Season Has Begun
- How to Contest a Will
- Book Reveiw: In Sickness & In Health
- Providing for Your Pet with a Trust
- Why Do Married Men Claim Social Security Benefits So Early?
November 2007 - This Month's Articles
- New Medicare Premium, Deductible, and Coinsurance Charges for 2008
- Charitable Gift Annuities: Making Your Generosity Pay
- Book Review: Don't Let the Government Take Grandma's Home and Life Savings
- Not Paying Property Taxes Can Lead to Loss of Home
- Social Security Benefits to Rise 2.3 Percent
October 2007 - This Month's Articles
- SEC Finds Fraud at Investment Seminars for Seniors
- How a Guardian is Appointed
- Book Review: Estate Planning for the Healthy Wealthy Family
- Long-Term CAre Insurance Giant Raises Premiums on Existing Customers for First Time
- What Nursing Home Staff Levels Are Required?
September 2007 - This Month's Articles
- What is Required of an Executor?
- Is My Will Still Valid If I Move to Another State
- Book Review: The Driving Dilemma: The Complete Resource Guide for Older Drivers and Their Families
- Using Annuities for Long-Term Care Planning
- How Medicare Beneficiaries Can Fight a Hospital Discharge
August 2007 - This Month's Articles
- Should You Sign a Nursing Home Admission Agreement?
- When Getting Financial Advice, Don't Be Fooled by Impressive-Sounding Credentials
- Book Review: The Eldercare Handbook: Difficult Choices, Compassionate Solutions
- Continuing Care Retirement Community Options Are Growing
- Nursing Home Abolitionist Offers Homelike Alternative
July 2007 - This Month's Articles
- 2007 Long-Term Care Insurance Price Index Announced
- Avoid Sibling Disputes Over Caregiving By Putting It in Writing
- Book Review: Why Wills Won't Work
- Spouses' Guesses About End-of-Life Wishes Not Always Accurate
- Assisted Living Company Begins Purge of Residents on Medicaid
June 2007 - This Month's Articles
- Private Medicare Plans Accused of Using Shady Marketing Tactics
- Consider Putting Gifts to Grandchildren in a Trust
- Book Review: Alive and Kicking: Legal Advice for Boomers
- Receiving an Inheritance While on Medicaid
- GAO Study Finds Transfers by Elderly Are Infrequent and Small
- Thrity-five ex-NFL Players Qualify for Dementia-Alzheimer's Assistance
May 2007 - This Month's Articles
- Nursing Home Room Now Averages $75,000 a Year, Survey Finds
- Tailoring a Will and Power of Attorney for Multiple States
- Book Review: Veterans Aid and Attendance Benefit: Long Term Care Benefits for Veterans
- How to Choose a Nursing Home
- Part D Recipients Must Repay Mistaken Refunds, Court Rules
April 2007 - This Month's Articles
- Is My Forgetfulness Normal?
- Nursing Home Assessed Damages for Failing to Honor Patient's Living Will
- Book Review: How to Protect Your Family's Assets from Devastating Nursing Home Costs: Medicaid Secrets
- Retirement Home Resident Fights Move to Increased Level of Care
- States Go After Living Trust Scams
- Why Plan Your Estate?
March 2007 - This Month's Articles
- What's a Health Care Proxy and Why Do I Need One?
- Unwrapping the Confusing Gift Tax Rules
- Are You Saving Too Much for Retirement?
- Book Review: AARP Crash Course in Estate Planning
- Home Care May Not Be Cheaper than Assisted Living or a Nursing Home
- Generic Will Form Leads to Unlawful Practice of Law
February 2007 - This Month's Articles
- Make Sure Your Plan Beneficiary Choices Are Up to Date
- Coordinating Medicare and Employer Coverage
- Book Review: Boomer or Bust: Your Financial Guide to Retirement, Health Care, Medicare, and Long-Term Care
- Medicaid Recovery of Home Catches Many Families by Surprise
- New Reverse Mortgage Products to Hit Market Soon
January 2007 - This Month's Articles
- Most Misunderstand LTC Costs and Coverage, AARP Survey Finds
- Is It Time for a Life Insurance Audit?
- Book Review: Mom, Are You There?
- Law Enacted Offering Caregivers Some Relief
- Understanding Tenancy: The Different Ways to Co-Own Property
December 2006 - This Month's Articles
- How Will the New Congress Affect Key Elder Law Issues?
- Medicare Preventive Services: What is Covered?
- Book Review: The Parent Care Conversation
- Cost of Private Nursing Home Room Tops $75,000 a Year
- IRS Issues Long-Term Care Premium Deductibility Limits for 2007
November 2006 - This Month's Articles
- Medicare Open Enrollment Period Means More Decisions
- Social Security Benefits to Rise 3.3 Percent
- When Should You Take Your Social Security Benefits?
- Book Review: The Wealth of Your Life: A Step-by-Step Guide for Creating Your Ethical Will
- Charitable Donations From an IRA No Longer Taxable
October 2006 - This Month's Articles
- New Medicare Premium, Deductible, and Coinsurance Charges for 2007
- Medicare Officials Suspend Effort to Collect Mistakenly Mailed Refunds
- Book Review: The Complete Eldercare Planner
- Caregiver Contracts: A Growing Planning Trend for Families
- Study Finds Surprising Health Care Proxy Selections
September 2006 - This Month's Articles
- What a Good Long-Term Care Policy Should Include
- Consumer Reports Finds Non-Profit Nursing Homes Provide Better Care
- President Signs Pension Overhaul
- Book Review: The Baby Boomer's Guide to Nursing Home Care
- Case Highlights Need to Use an Estate Planning Expert
- Getting Comfortable With Estate Planning Terminology
August 2006 - This Month's Articles
- How to Reduce Long-Term Care Insurance Costs
- Medicare Beneficiaries Facing Another Double-Digit Premium Hike
- House Passes Bill Tying Estate Tax Cut to Minimum Wage Hike
- Book Review: Who Cares: A Loving Guide for My Future Caregivers
- Nursing Home Residents Having Serious Problems Getting Proper Drugs
- Court Oversight of Guardianship Inadequate, National Report Finds
July 2006 - This Month's Articles
- Proof of Citizenship Needed for Medicaid Applications or Renewals
- What to Do When Medicare Says "No"
- How to Prepare When Elderly Parents Move In With Adult Children
- Book Review: Plan Your Estate
- Choosing a Life Insurance Policy
- Can an Employer Cut Retiree Health Benefits?
June 2006 - This Month's Articles
- Fighting an Assisted Living Discharge
- New Tax Law Includes Changes to Roth IRAs and Capital Gains Taxes
- Medicare HMO Lock-In to Take Effect July 1
- Book Review: Nursing Homes: Getting Good Care There
- Website Combats Annuity Sales Abuses
- Supreme Court Rules in Medicaid Lein Case
May 2006 - This Month's Articles
- The Medicare Drug Benefit Deadline Is May 15
- What do the New Medicaid Transfer Rules Mean to You?
- Cohabitating Seniors: Protect Your Rights
- Book Review: So Far Away: Twenty Questions for Long-Distance Caregivers
- State Can Require Elderly Man With Suspect Vision to Take a Road Test, Court Rules
- Stigma and Denial Delay Alzheimer's Diagnosis by Years
April 2006 - This Month's Articles
- Consumer Group Sues Over "Law" Changing Medicaid Rules
- Study Finds Wide Variation in Projected Need for Long-Term Care
- New Transfer Rules Change Long-Term Care Insurance Purchasing Decisions
- Book Review: How Not to go Broke at 102!: Achieving Everlasting Wealth
- What Is a Supplemental Needs Trust?
- Retired Couples Will Need $200,000 for Basic Medical Costs
March 2006 - This Month's Articles
- Law Restricting Medicaid Transfers Is in Legal and Legistlative Limbo
- New Reports Suggest Asset Transfer Changes Won't Ease Pressure on Medicaid LTC Services
- Book Review: IRAs, 401(k)s & Other Retirement Plans
- Watch Out for Rising Long-Term Care Insurance Premiums
- Learn the In's and Out's of Being an Executor or Trustee
February 2006 - This Month's Articles
- Congress Enacts Punitive New Transfer Rules
- Inspectors Are Missing Many Nursing Home Violations, Report Finds
- Book Review: The Savage Number
- Internet-Savvy Elderly Stymied By Medicare's Drug Plan Website
- 10 Reasons to Create an Estate Plan Now
- It's Not So Unusual
January 2006 - This Month's Articles
- Restrictive New Medicaid Transfer Rules on Brink of Becoming Law
- The Pending Asset Transfer Changes Mean Planning Should Not Be Delayed
- How to Make Retirement Savings Last
- An Overview of the New, Tougher Bankruptcy Law
- Ohio Supreme Court Fines Non-Lawyer Sellers of Living Trusts
- The Link - Caregivers and World War I Soldiers
December 2005 - This Month's Articles
- House Approves Bill Substantially Changing Asset Transfer Rules
- Worksheet Helps Beneficiaries Compare Medicare Drug Plans
- Book Review: How to Care for Aging Parents
- Tips on Providing for Children with Disabilities
- Key Estate Planning Numbers Are Changing in 2006
- We Are Family...Aren't We?
November 2005 - This Month's Articles
- Steps to Take in Advance of Death or Disability
- Social Security Benefits to Rise 4.1 Percent
- Reliable Source: The New Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage
- GAO Study Fail to Find Significant Medicaid Asset Transfer Problem
- Elderly Parents More Comfortable Discussing Estate Planning Than Are Their Children
- Part D Access Restriction
October 2005 - This Month's Articles
- All About the New Medicare Drug Benefit
- New Medicare Premium and Deductible Charges for 2006
- Book Review: Baby Boomer's Guide to Estate & Medicaid Planning
- Ombudsmen: Front-Line Advocates for Nursing Home Residents
- It Bears Repeating
- Quote by John Burroughs, Author and Naturalist
September 2005 - This Month's Articles
- How Medicare Beneficiaries Can Fight a Hospital Discharge
- Study Looks at the Sacrifices Made by Caregivers Who Work
- Book Review: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Caring for Aging Parents
- A "Low-Frills" Long-Term Care Insurance Policy May Be Better Bet
- Up Again
March 2005 - This Month's Articles
- What Are Some of the Changes That Have Taken Place in Medicare for 2005?
- Deducting Medical Expenses From Your Taxes
- Government Lifts Some SSI Eligibility Restrictions
- Book Review: A Guide to Elder Planning
- A Brief Overview of a Trustee's Duties
- Helping Children Understand Dementia
