Often an aging parent will lose their ability to think clearly to make informed and meaningful decisions regarding their life. This growing inability may occur due to Alzheimer’s disease, other forms of dementia, mental illness, stroke, brain injury, or other severe health or disability conditions. In the absence of your parent preparing for their elder […]
If you are part of the Baby Boomer generation, you are likely retired or quickly approaching retirement. You may be thinking about how you will spend your new-found free time, planning trips you have wanted to take, or spending more time with your children and grandchildren. These are good things to think about, but you
Current inflationary pressures are leading to financial insecurity for many US seniors. Aside from cutting back on unnecessary expenses, many retirees or near retirement individuals should look to existing government programs to possibly qualify to receive assistance and reduce the anxiety many Americans feel living on a fixed income. The National Council on Aging (NCOA)
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As you start to plan for your future, both in terms of financial affairs and health care needs, you may wonder what estate planning and elder law entail and how they differ. Estate planning and elder law also have some similarities. Even though these two types of law are for different stages in life, they
What are special needs? Special needs is a specific disability type requiring focused attention on education for those with learning difficulties, behavioral or emotional problems, or physical disabilities. For example, individuals with autism, ADHD, Down syndrome, dyscalculia, dyslexia, deafness, blindness, and cystic fibrosis fall into the special needs category, as do cleft lips, missing limbs,
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