Elder Law News

Making sure you have the right estate planning documents is one of the simplest ways to have a positive impact on your family’s future. Proper planning ensures that your wishes will be [...]

Home for the Holidays, An Unexpected Surprise: Part II In Part I of this series, we discussed what happens when you come home for the holidays and find an elderly loved one who has obviously not [...]

Home for the Holiday, An Unexpected Surprise: Part I   It’s not what you expected to find when you traveled home to visit your elderly parents or grandparents for the holidays: the pawpaw [...]

You have planned your life carefully. With your spouse you have drawn up a will and established trusts to organize your estate after your deaths. You have made decisions about the guardianship of [...]

Many people like the idea of leaving bequests to favorite charities in their wills. But instead of leaving money to a charity in your will, you can put that money into a charitable remainder [...]

Many people, especially seniors, see joint ownership as an easy way to avoid probate and plan for incapacity, but there are major drawbacks to joint accounts. When people own property as joint [...]

Barbara Mancini, RN, MSN In February 2013, Barbara Mancini was arrested in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and charged with aiding the attempted suicide of her dying 93-year-old father, Joseph [...]

When it comes to retirement planning, many Americans find themselves underprepared. A majority of baby boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) and Generation X’ers (born between 1965 and 1978) often [...]

The Social Security Administration has announced a 1.6 percent increase in benefits in 2020, nearly half of last year’s change. The small rise has advocates questioning whether the [...]

Living wills are among the least understood of all estate planning documents that I encounter in my law practice. The misunderstanding extends to even health care professionals who see the [...]