Elder Care & Estate Planning Blog

Retirement Blunders
Retirement Blunders
Having a plan for your retirement savings and critically thinking about the various factors that relate to your savings are (more…)
GPS Tracking for Individuals with Dementia
GPS Tracking for Individuals with Dementia
A recent article in Newsday highlighted the success story of a GPS tracking device in finding a mentally disabled woman (more…)
Latest Phone Scam
Latest Phone Scam
The latest telephone scam has surfaced and it is your own name and telephone number showing up on your caller (more…)
Medicare Proposal to Pay Healthcare Professionals for End-Of-Life Discussions
Medicare Proposal to Pay Healthcare Professionals for End-Of-Life Discussions
We know that discussing end-of-life wishes is an important topic and now Medicare is officially recognizing this as well. Medicare (more…)
The “Stretch” IRA
The “Stretch” IRA
Did you know that if you die owning traditional retirement accounts, such as 401(k) plans and IRA’s that the income (more…)
Estate Planning with Blended Families
Estate Planning with Blended Families
Estate planning and end-of-life issues are often difficult to discuss. These discussions may become even more difficult when blended families (more…)
Divvying Up Your Assets
Divvying Up Your Assets
“Fact is, money does crazy things to families.” An article on Forbes website discusses how money has the capability to (more…)
Property Distribution Planning
Property Distribution Planning
“Research concerning property distributions at death has shown that the distribution of personal effects is responsible for more family acrimony (more…)
Planning Ahead
Planning Ahead
We speak a lot about how uncomfortable conversations regarding end of life can be. Oftentimes, people will even avoid creating (more…)
Outside-the-Box Dementia Care
Outside-the-Box Dementia Care
Did you know that the average cost of care for dementia patients in the community in the US ranges from (more…)