by Christine | Nov 11, 2013 | 2014, Elder Law, Medicare, Social Security |
The nation's elderly and disabled Social Security recipients will receive a 1.5 percent increase in payments in 2014. The same COLA will apply to pensions for federal government retirees and most veterans. According to recent news from the Social Security...
by Christine | Nov 8, 2013 | Elder Law, Medicare |
Open enrollment for the Medicare Part D Drug plans started on October 15th. You have until December 7thto determine which is the best plan for you in 2014 and make the needed change. It could save you hundreds or thousands of dollars. It is Medicare Open Enrollment...
by Christine | Nov 6, 2013 | Elder Law, Estate Law |
“I know adult stepchildren who step up in every sense of the word, but for most of these women, disagreements with stepchildren was the most stressful aspect of providing care for the husband.” Blended families are becoming more and more common these days, making the...
by Christine | Nov 5, 2013 | Elder Care, Elder Law, Medi-Cal Long Term Care, Medicaid, Nursing Homes |
My mother went from private pay to Medi-Cal pay in her nursing home January 1, 2013. She now has zero money and all of her Social Security goes to the nursing home … Should I sell [her] home and effectively turn all of the assets over for her care or wait until her...
by Christine | Oct 30, 2013 | Advanced Health Care Directive, Elder Law, Estate Law |
Most of the time, patients who have advance directives — somewhere — and don’t bring them to the hospital have simply left them at home. But lawyers’ offices and safe deposit boxes are also popular locations. All of which are useless if a person can’t direct his own...
by Christine | Oct 23, 2013 | Alzheimer's, Dementia, Elder Law, Estate Planning |
"Family members are already on emotional overload—adding a financial and legal decision aspect to what they're already going through is enormous," said Carol Steinberg, president of Alzheimer's Foundation of America, a national nonprofit focused on...
