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
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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
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Family Reunion Month: Your Greatest Legacy Isn’t Found in a Will In our previous article, Why Family Reunion Month Is the Perfect Time to Talk About Estate Planning, we discussed why Family Reunion Month is the perfect opportunity to have meaningful conversations about the future. As families gather across Maine this summer, those conversations often
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There’s Something Special About Summer in Maine Whether it’s a weekend at the family camp, a lobster bake on the coast, a backyard barbecue, or an annual family reunion, summer has a way of bringing people together. Adult children return home. Grandchildren fill the yard with laughter. Generations gather around the same picnic table to
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