Tag: Elder Law
If you like your home and want to stay there in retirement years, it might be wise to take a look at it now from the point of view of the elderly. Stairs, small bathrooms, and too-high cabinets and countertops are examples of homes built in the U.S. that you may own and could cause […]
Life expectancy has been going up for decades. However, now it is going down. Life expectancy has been rising for decades for Americans but it has now gone into reverse, according to the Financial Advisor in “Americans Are Dying Younger, Saving Corporations Billions.” It is not certain yet whether this is a statistical aberration or […]
Medicaid is designed to pay for long-term care in nursing homes for Americans who cannot afford it. The New York Times recently discussed the debate over the ethics of hiding your assets to qualify for the government payment of long-term nursing care in its article “The Ethics of Adjusting Your Assets to Qualify for Medicaid.” […]
“Gray divorces” can present some challenging legal situations. Divorces by senior citizens can create challenges of dividing up a lifetime of accumulated marital property as well as the likely requirement of a new estate plan, according to the Indiana Lawyer in “Rise in divorces among older couples presents unique family law issues.” The big issue […]
The cost of nursing home care should be considered among estate planning options. As more and more people began to create estate plans, one of the focuses is just how does a non-wealthy person pay for nursing home care, according to the Times Herald-Record in “Plenty of reasons to do elder law estate planning.” As […]
Florida community addresses problem of high cost of funerals and burial of indigents. Funerals and burials are not a minor expense and a Florida county had such a significant problem of disposing of the bodies that they have acquired a cemetery, according the Tallahassee Democrat in “A priceless burden: Indigent burials at Leon County’s ‘pauper’s […]
Bikers in Texas can take final ride in an unusual hearse. A hearse designed to appeal to motorcycle enthusiasts is drawing attention in a Texas town, according to Everything Lubbock in “A Unique ‘Last Ride’.” While the basic design of hearses has not changed much, Derek Dunn of Lubbock, Texas had a different idea and […]
Controversial law draws attention from elder law advocates. Elder law advocates have been paying a lot of attention to California’s new law, allowing terminally ill people to seek physician assisted suicide. The law was extremely controversial and remains so. The State of California has issued a report about usage of its new law and it […]
There are numerous views on what impact the Senate changes will have on Medicaid. On one side of the Senate Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act) are Democrats who claim that it will slash Medicaid spending. On the other side are Republicans who claim that the bill will increase Medicaid […]
What exactly is allowed in retirement accounts? A new fiduciary rule has caused considerable confusion for consumers and their advisors, according to the Washington Post in “A new conflict-of-interest rule for retirement savers is causing a lot of confusion.” The Department of Labor set up a new rule on June 9 that says financial advisors […]
