Joy Loverde. Who Will Take Care of Me When I’m Old? Plan Now to Safeguard Your Health and Happiness in Old Age. New York, NY: Da Capo Press, 2017. 313 pages. Click here to order book via IndieBound.orgMillions of Americans are facing old age essentially alone. One in three baby boomers is single or no […]
Long-term care insurance policyholders suing Bankers Life and Casualty Company were dealt a blow by the Oregon Supreme Court when it ruled that the state’s elder financial abuse statute does not apply to their case.Residents of Oregon who bought long-term care insurance policies from Bankers Life and Casualty Company sued the insurer five years ago […]
Medicare Required to Cover Long-Term Rehabilitation Even if Prior Hospitalization Is Not Covered The United States District Court for the District of New York has recently ruled that Medicare must cover a long-term care stay at a skilled nursing facility, even if the preceding hospital stay was not covered under Medicare, since the hospital stay […]
If you were diagnosed with dementia, what kind of care would you want to receive? Dr. Barak Gaster has created a dementia-specific advance directive document that addresses that difficult question. The document emphasizes patient education by outlining what patients are likely to experience in each stage of the disease. Journalist Paula Span recently published an […]
A nursing home closure can be traumatic for residents who are forced to move. While there may not be much that can be done to prevent a closure, residents do have some rights.Moving into a nursing home can be a stressful experience on its own. If that nursing home closes, residents can experience symptoms that […]
Caring for an elderly parent can be stressful for families. Siblings may disagree over how to provide care or where a parent will live, and if these squabbles escalate into a guardianship battle, it can cost the family thousands of dollars. To avoid this, lawyers have begun drafting sibling agreements (also called family care agreements).If […]
Nashville, Tennessee is a popular tourist destination known for its vibrant music scene and rapid growth. The physical makeup and offerings in many of Nashville’s neighborhoods are changing every day. No one is more aware of the changing surroundings than longtime Nashville residents and natives. Many report that the city’s growth has been at times […]
While long-term care insurance costs are up in general, some policies are going down in 2018, according to the 2018 Long Term Care Insurance Price Index, an annual report from the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance (AALTCI), an industry group.A married couple who are both 60 years old would pay an average of $3,490 […]
Medicare is supposed to provide up to 35 hours a week of home care to those who qualify, but many Medicare patients with chronic conditions are being wrongly denied such care, according to Kaiser Health News. For a variety of reasons, many home health care agencies are simply telling patients they are not covered.Medicare is […]
The new Tax Cut and Jobs Act, which makes broad changes to the income and estate tax codes, will have a significant impact on many taxpayers. Because it is so new and so complex, it will be some time before tax professionals fully understand those impacts. Fortunately, most of the law does not take effect […]