by Christine | Jan 24, 2014 | Elder Law, Estate Planning, Medical Directives |
"It seems like there seems to continue to be confusion about what it means to die using neurologic criteria," said Cynda Hylton Rushton, professor of clinical ethics at Johns Hopkins University. Two recent medical cases are making headlines over the often...
by Christine | Jan 21, 2014 | Elder Care, Elder Law, Insurance, Medicare |
If a beneficiary disagrees with a decision, there are reconsideration and appeals procedures within the Medicare program. Medicare approvals can be tough at times, and some may find their claims come up with the big "D" – denial. So what happens when...
by Christine | Jan 10, 2014 | Digital Estate Planning, Elder Law, Estate Planning |
What would happen to your e-mail accounts if you suddenly died? Are familiar with the notion of a digital estate? What happens to your online bank accounts, emails, social media and your entire digital presence on the web when you pass away? Imagine a world without...
by Christine | Jan 9, 2014 | Beneficiary Designation, Elder Law, Estate Law, Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA), Inherited IRAs |
We say it over and over again. Check your beneficiary forms! Don't let your retirement funds go down the drain. Anything involving the court system is rarely quick and painless (probate anyone?). Fortunately, IRAs can easily be transferred to your loved ones...
by Christine | Dec 31, 2013 | Elder Law, Estate Planning |
Aging parents need to establish a plan and communicate it with their adult kids — and adult kids need to ask their parents about their finances. In our own lives, our parents start and run the money conversations from that first allowance to gearing up for those...
by Christine | Dec 16, 2013 | Dementia, Elder Law, Medical Directives |
Often, proxies are confused about how “do not hospitalize” orders work. Several proxies believed, mistakenly, that a such an order was equivalent to a request to withhold medical intervention altogether. For elderly loved ones in nursing homes, there is a very...
