While his mother was in a Kentucky nursing home, suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and unable to manage her own care or financial affairs, John Jerome O’Hara was supposed to be looking out for her, managing thousands of dollars of monthly…
It seems impossibly far away when you are in your thirties. Why should you start putting away money for retirement now, when you’re young and there’s still so many other things you’d rather be doing with your money? It is…
Here’s a number that will give you something to think about, if you are a caregiver or are about to become one: the value of friends and family caregiving amounts to about $470 billion per year, according to an AARP…
If you’ve got older parents or relatives, says Fox 5 NY in its article “Why estate planning is important regardless of your age or wealth,” you’ll need to start having conversations with them about their estate plan. Don’t neglect your…
Most people receive Long-Term Care (LTC) insurance as part of their employment benefits package and often confuse it with another benefit, Long-Term Disability (LTD) insurance. Employer-sponsored LTD insurance replaces a portion of your income, if you cannot work because of…
There were relatives of people who had died while under her care and people who read statements from elderly victims, who were simply too weak or sick to come to court to look her in the eye. They lost thousands…
Hospice providers come up against this problem on a regular basis. Our culture is not comfortable with death, talking about it or planning for it, and it’s a real challenge, as reported in the Home Health Care News article, “These…
Native Hawaiian princess Abigail Kawananakoa is battling with Attorney General Russell Suzuki, who claims that the 92-year-old wants to make changes to her trust that are too complicated and invalid because of a prior court rule. The story was reported…
Despite its importance and the inevitable need, AARP did a survey that showed that two of five Americans over age 45 still don’t have a will. Everyone needs a will. Here’s why. Drafting a will with an experienced estate planning…
How can you get the most out of your Social Security check, on a monthly and life-long basis? The article from CNBC, “Get a bigger check by using these Social Security claiming strategies,” explains the steps to follow. Cancelling Social…