Independent single older adults may grow accustomed to self-sufficiency and taking care of themselves. By creating an advance health care directive, they may maintain their independence. The directive provides health care practitioners with instructions for preferred...
Preserving & Protecting Your Family’s Assets & Legacy
Month: July 2021
Bicycle cases from a personal injury lawyer’s perspective
Bicycle accidents are not like motorcycle accidents for coverage purposes, they are more like “pedestrian knockdowns”. When a bicyclist or pedestrian is struck by a vehicle, the vehicle pays the medical bills and lost wages under no fault (there may also be excess...
How may a generation-skipping trust benefit your family?
You have spent years saving up money for your children, but now that you have grandchildren, you want to provide for them as well. Some families in this situation believe the only way their grandchildren receive an inheritance is through their children first. This is...
Eligibility for Medicaid and retirement accounts
Before entering a nursing home or assisted living facility, many seniors need to obtain Medicaid benefits to pay for the cost. However, qualifying for Medicaid involves falling within a relatively low income bracket and having fairly minimal assets. New York’s...
Challenges that families face when looking at nursing homes
Families who are helping a loved one transition into a nursing home or assisted living facility have to process an overwhelming amount of information and make some very difficult decisions. At a time when people are feeling scared and vulnerable about what will happen...
Are you considering reviewing your estate plan?
Your estate plan is an ever-evolving work in progress. After you create it, you must constantly update it. Why? Because it needs to reflect your life at its current moment, and your life undergoes many changes throughout its course. But reviewing your entire plan can...