Newsletter Archives - Alzheimer’s Disease

Understanding the effects of the relative size of the Baby Boom compared to preceding and succeeding age groups is essential to anticipating the demand for long-term services and support and the potential availability of family care in the future. And then I learned about Linda. At first, Linda doesn't seem like the sort of career I would want in my old age. ...

If you are married and over 65, you probably have sweetheart wills, which means that if one spouse dies, they leave everything to their spouse. This can be problematic because it subjects your entire estate to the risk of being lost if the survivor ends up needing nursing home care. Wills that leave everything to each other instead of for each other are more ...

In this Elder Law Minute, Wes Coulson discusses asset-based long-term care insurance and what that means for you. Hi, I’m Wes Coulson and this is your Elder Law Minute. As an elder law attorney, I’m often asked if I think that buying long-term care insurance is a good idea. Traditionally, that’s been questionable because of the, what we call, the “use it or lose it” ...

When a lawyer asks a client who has two or more children to choose one over the other(s) as the primary agent under a power of attorney or as primary successor trustee under a living trust, what the client often hears is “when it comes right down to it, which of your children do you love the most?” After a period of uncomfortable fidgeting, the client predictably asks:  “Well, can’t ...