There are many misunderstandings and misconceptions regarding hospice care. You have heard about hospice care and that it has something to do with end of life. But do you really know what it is? The US Code of Federal Regulations …
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When Do You Pull the Plug?
If you were being kept alive artificially after becoming mentally and physically incapacitated permanently, would you like your loved ones to be able to make decisions for you? Would you like the artificial life support to be withheld or withdrawn …
Protecting Assets in the Event of Nursing Home Admission
If you went into the nursing home, would you like your assets go to the nursing home or to your loved ones? This is a question that we ask each of our estate planning clients. For most all of our …
Top Five Estate Planning Questions
Because of all the estate planning that we do, we get a lot of estate planning questions on a daily basis. In today’s column we are going to discuss the top five estate planning questions that we regularly get in …
Family Friendly Spend-Down Options for Nursing Home Medicaid Qualification
If you had to go into a nursing home, do you want your assets to go to the nursing home or to your loved ones? This is a question that we ask all of our estate planning clients when we …
Protecting Your House When You Qualify for Nursing Home Medicaid
You or your spouse cannot live at home anymore. You need assistance 24/7. You have no choice but to go into a nursing home. You were told, incorrectly, that you had to spend down your assets on nursing home care, …
Thinking About Hanging Up the Car Keys?
The number of older drivers on the road is increasing. According to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, the percentage of drivers over 65 will likely increase from about 16% today to over 25% by 2025.But just because you are …
Have Medical Directives Available When You Need Them
You have done your estate plan, including your medical directives. Of all your legal documents your medical directives are the only ones that you may need access to quickly in an emergency. It has been reported in the Journal of …
Minimizing Conflicts After You are Gone
Whenever I am in a group of people and they are aware of what I do, discussion very often comes around to estate planning and estate administration. Everyone seems to have a horror story regarding the administration of a relative’s …
Get Proper Advice Before Gifting
We get people who come into our office all the time who have made substantial gifts of cash, vehicles or even their home to loved ones because they believe that is what they should do to protect those assets in …