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Under a new policy, government attorneys can now go to court to ask a judge to appoint a legal guardian – often when a qualified family member is unavailable – over a veteran who is [...]

Dementia does not simply affect memory. It disrupts the entire system of thinking, planning, and executing the everyday tasks most of us take for granted, including feeding [...]

Revocable living trusts serve purposes far beyond probate avoidance. Learn how trusts enable seamless financial management if the trustmaker becomes unable to manage their affairs, allowing [...]

Though the crisis of rising health care costs touches Americans of all ages, older adults face a particularly difficult set of challenges. They tend to need more medical care, yet many [...]

When my wife died, Social Security continued payments to our joint account for 10 years following her death, which I thought was her retirement. A letter arrived regarding overpayment of [...]

My Dad's will states that all of his estate is to be divided equally between me and my sister (also the executor). He moved into a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) after an [...]

My partner has been living in a neighboring State for six years now. We spend winters at my home and summers at his. We did a living trust a couple years back, so our assets would go to [...]

We want to gift to one of my Dad's caregivers. Her husband has early onset dementia and is on Medicaid. What is the most we can give her without impacting Medicaid?

My grandmother was in a nursing facility for several months before she died. I was not able to get her qualified for Medicaid because of her life insurance policy. As her granddaughter [...]

My mom was on Medicaid for five years for memory care but she passed over a year ago. My father still lives independently in their Indiana home; both their names are on deed. He has no [...]