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Getting Your Affairs In Order
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... to locate important documents, the family was left to make their own decisions about James long term care. The National Institute on Aging gives three simple, but important steps to putting your affairs ...
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Geriatric Assessment
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... their families such as understanding legal documents in a medical care-type setting. dZWK1ncNVsE ...
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Courses Offered
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... clients are living longer, many are becoming unable to handle their affairs. Most will rely on Durable Powers of Attorney documents. But many firms are not reviewing these documents, and may be contributing ...
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Six Areas of a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment: Legal
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There are six areas to review during a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment. In this video, Chris Cooper discusses legal issues facing the elderly and their families such as understanding legal documents ...
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Helping Older Relatives Articulate Their Long-Term Care Wishes
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... help you straighten out whatever confusion exists and can help you put specific legal documents in place and set up ways to pay medical and household bills if they’re unable to do so. If you can, involve ...
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Should You Be a Borrower or Lender? The Return of the Personal Loan
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... to foreclose or repossess the property. (This is why an attorney must prepare these documents.) Even if a friend or relative makes an offer of help, it’s proper for the borrower to take the initiative ...
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The End of The Estate Tax (otherwise known as “Throw Granny from the Train”)
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... affect the estate plans of some individuals. Many estate planning documents are drafted by formula to create two trusts when a married individual passes away—a family trust to hold assets equivalent to ...
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Using a Professional Care Manager
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... with an elder law attorney and a financial planner who specializes in the elderly. The attorney prepares documents for the family including powers of attorney, a living will and advice on preserving Mary's ...
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Helping Your Elder Manage Financial Information
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... documents can be a very difficult process. To avoid such a circumstance, experts recommend that caregivers learn where to find personal documents, such as income tax returns, power of attorney, the will ...
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Housing Options: Choosing the Right One
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... documents a facility might require an elder to have. For example, if an elder has a medical emergency, the facility may have to let paramedics revive someone who may have had a wish to not be given heroic ...
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MAKING YOUR OWN HEALTH CARE DECISIONS WHEN YOU CAN’T
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... 20 to 30 percent of American adults have them, according to the National Council on Aging. Unfortunately, every few years, a case captures national attention as to why such documents are critical for adults ...
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Managing Sandwich-Generation Stress
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... should include information about bank accounts, investment holdings, insurance policy numbers and company names, wills, durable powers of attorney, medical care documents, and professional financial advisors. ...
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Our Process
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... outlook? How does this affect her physical well-being? Does she have the capacity to make her own decisions? Legal Have all legal documents been prepared with your parent’s care in mind? Have older ...
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Our Process
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... to mutually define your personal and financial goals, gain an understand of your time frame for results and discuss, if relevant, your risk tolerance. We will gather all of the necessary documents before ...