Programs Assisting Family Caregivers
Family caregivers sacrifice much financially to take care of mom and dad as they age. Some programs are available to provide assistance to family caregivers of older adults who lack long-term care insurance.
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3 Ways to Provide for Elderly Parents
Now that your parents are aging, you may increasingly realize that Medicaid may not be enough. How do you take care of elderly parents?
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14 Questions to Ask When Buying Long-Term Care Insurance
There are so many variations in long-term care insurance that after listening to a few salesmen and signing up for a policy you may do well to have it reviewed by someone with experience, perhaps an elder law attorney.
Read more for 14 questions to ask when buying long-term care insurance.
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Who Goes to a Nursing Home May Surprise You
Nobody wants to go to a nursing home. Who goes and the reasons why may surprise you. Read more for common reasons why.
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Who Should Be Executor of Your Estate?
Who should be executor of your estate? Most people name their spouse or a child. Who you should name depends on what your executor must do. Read more for some of the duties of an executor that will help you decide on who to choose.
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Why Not Rely on Medicaid for Long-Term Care?
Although no one wants to go to a nursing home, 72% of us will need long-term care, 48% of us in a nursing home. Many people mistakenly assume that Medicare will cover this (It won’t) or that they can rely on Medicaid. Why should you not rely on Medicaid for long-term care?
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Avoiding Post-Hospitalization Syndrome
Are you more at risk for illness after you are discharged from the hospital? As anyone who has been hospitalized can tell you, a hospital is not a restful place. The stress and disruptions of hospitalization may accompany you home. What is post-hospitalization syndrome and how can you avoid it?
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Who Can Contribute to a Texas ABLE Account?
As many people with disabilities know, people who are disabled before age 26 qualify to establish an ABLE Account. Many wonder who can contribute to a TEXAS Able account? Can the disabled person contribute to their own? When funds are distributed, what can they be used for? Read more here about Texas ABLE accounts.
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Survival Rate after Intubation for the Elderly
We are often flummoxed when we are asked to complete an Advance Directive to Physicians or a Statement of Intent for End of Life or to write a letter of our wishes to attach to a Medical Power of Attorney. What do I want? In what circumstances? What would it mean? At what age and in what circumstances? These questions are important when considering the survival rate after intubation for the elderly.
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Shrinking Social Security and Inflation
Many of us have read that our Social Security retirement checks can be expected to shrink by 23% beginning in 2034. But what about the impact of the creeping effects of inflation? And the rising costs of housing and medical expenses for retirees?
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