Safe Deposit Boxes- Good or Bad?
Clients ask us all the time, “Where should I keep my estate-planning documents?” Some clients have safe deposit boxes and their thinking is that this is the appropriate place to store their original documents.
Clients ask us all the time, “Where should I keep my estate-planning documents?” Some clients have safe deposit boxes and their thinking is that this is the appropriate place to store their original documents.
No one wants to think about their parent being abused in an assisted living community, caregiver’s home, VA hospital, or nursing home.
As estate-planners, we work with a wide range of people, from young couples to much older widows and widowers.
Simple estate-planning is less expensive than not having plans in place, and yet people don’t seem to understand that fact.
The Alabama Elder Care Law Firm, LLC has been leading a series of workshop/webinar/zoom presentations on the subject of Medicaid. The series so far includes 3 sessions: When is the Right Time to Apply for Medicaid? More About the Application Process How to Protect the Family Home from having to be Sold The audience includes…
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Your mom wants to age at home, and it seems like a reasonable choice at this point. What steps should she be taking to protect herself if something happens in the future?
You’re a long-distance caregiver. You don’t live close enough to your mom and dad to stop by their home. You help them in other ways.
Let’s say you are married and your husband’s health has declined to the point where he needs skilled care in a skilled care facility, a/k/a, a nursing home.
Not everyone has to be in critical condition to need someone else to make important medical decisions for them.
Whether it’s dementia or severe arthritis leading to the need for long-term care, you have to consider how it’s being paid for.