Can Someone Living with Dementia Sign Legal Documents?

Families and their loved ones with dementia need to start advance care planning after receiving a diagnosis of dementia. Medical experts and attorneys can help your loved one to be involved in their care planning.

What Does it Mean to be Dementia Friendly?

“A Dementia-Friendly community is informed, safe, and respectful of individuals living with dementia, their families and caregivers, and provides supportive options that foster a good quality of life.” DFAmerica.org The Dementia Friendly Movement Dementia Friendly America envisions an America where individuals living with dementia and their care partners can live, engage, and thrive in the […]

Why Is Self-Care So Important for Caregivers?

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, 59% of Alzheimer’s caregivers and 41% of non-Alzheimer’s caregivers report their emotional stress as high or very high.

9 Tools to Make Home Caregiving Easier

Caregiving is hard, but don’t let your home make it harder.

Creating a Senior Life Plan to Reduce the Burden on Loved Ones as You Age

A senior life plan can reduce the burden on loved ones by addressing medical, financial and legal needs before they become urgent.

Don’t Fall for These Medicaid and Estate Myths

Since estate issues, one way or another, affect everyone over time (since death does) and since Medicaid planning has for many years been a topic of popular conversation—and popular misconceptions in the U.S., it is not unusual that both subjects have generated misunderstandings and, in some cases, folklore that has persisted.

Asset Protection Planning Strategies to Protect Seniors from Financial Scams

The heartbreaking story of a retired therapist who lost nearly $600,000 to an elaborate scam underscores the need for asset protection strategies to safeguard seniors from increasingly sophisticated financial fraud schemes.

8 Major Medicare Changes for 2025: What You Need to Know

“It’s the first time in the history of the Medicare program that people have a cap on how much they could have to pay out-of-pocket” Meena Seshamani, M.D., Director of the federal Center for Medicare. Several provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 related to Medicare will be implemented in 2025. Medicare is evolving, […]