Wrapping Up and Looking Back: The Conversations Families Don’t Always Have Reflections on National Estate Planning Awareness Week 2026 Estate planning is about more than wills, trusts, and deciding who receives your belongings. It’s about protecting the people you love, preparing for life’s uncertainties, and making your wishes known. During National Estate Planning Awareness Week,
You Have an Estate Plan. But Is Everything Actually in It? The Things Nobody Thinks About: Making Sure Your Estate Plan Works in Real Life. You’ve met with your attorney. You’ve signed your Will and Power of Attorney. Perhaps you’ve even created a Trust. You’ve decided who will receive your property and who will handle
You Have an Estate Plan. But Will It Actually Work? Read More »
October is Estate Planning Awareness Month, and here in Maine, it arrives at just the right time of year. Fall has a way of reminding us to get things in order. Mainers pull boats from the water and close camps for the season. We stack wood, check furnaces and put away the outdoor furniture. We
Your Estate Plan Has a Blind Spot: What Are You Forgetting? Read More »
Throughout World Alzheimer’s Month, we have been talking about a difficult subject: the possibility that someone we love, or we ourselves, may someday need long-term care. We began by talking about Alzheimer’s disease and why awareness and early conversations matter. We then looked at what long-term care can mean. As we discussed, long-term care does
When many Maine families hear the words “long-term care planning,” they immediately think of one thing: a nursing home. But long-term care can look very different from one person to the next. It may begin with a spouse helping with medications or an adult child stopping by to prepare meals and drive a parent to
Long-Term Care Planning in Maine: It Doesn’t Always Mean a Nursing Home Read More »