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.

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.

Money Tips for the New Year

If you want to look back on 2025 with great satisfaction, here are some financial moves you might make now or soon.

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.

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, […]

How Can You Prepare to Care for Elderly Parents?

Prepare for the challenges of caregiving by creating a solid plan, seeking legal guidance and prioritizing your own self-care along the way.

Is Jimmy Carter Spending a Long Time in Hospice?

Spending months at a time in hospice is not at all uncommon, an expert tells PEOPLE, months after President Carter’s family confirmed that he had stopped receiving medical intervention.

How Dia de los Muertos Can Improve Your Estate Planning

What is Dia de los Muertos? Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead is a celebration to honor deceased ancestors and loved ones. Observed on November 1st in the United States, Dia de los Muertos originated in Mexico, but similar observances (All Souls Day, All Saints Day, Obon Festival (Buddhist), Pchum Ben Day […]