2026 Medicaid Long-Term Care Benefits When You Are Married
Medicaid permits the healthy spouses of Medicaid patients who need long-term care services to retain limited resources to keep them from becoming impoverished.
Affordability, Elder Financial Abuse, and Estate Planning
The 'affordability crisis' is fueling a surge in financial elder abuse, including 'inheritance impatience' and 'inheritance preservation' schemes. Pushed to their financial limits, adult children are asking parents to hand over their wealth early, or to stop spending it.
How Higher Medicare Costs Will Affect Older Adults in 2026
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the Medicare premiums and deductibles for 2026.
Execute a Durable Power of Attorney Before It’s Too Late
A durable power of attorney is an extremely important estate planning tool, but many people delay completing this vital estate planning step until it’s too late and they no longer are legally capable of doing it.
Avoid Disputes Between Your POA Agent and Health Care Proxy
A durable power of attorney and a health care proxy are two very important estate planning documents. Because the individuals chosen will have to coordinate your care, it is important to pick two people who will get along.
What Most People Don’t Know About Durable Powers of Attorney
A durable power of attorney is a legal document that allows a trusted individual to make financial or health care decisions on your behalf if you become unable to handle your own affairs.
How to Know When to Update Your Estate Plan
Updating your estate plan regularly helps ensure that your assets are distributed as you intend, your beneficiaries are properly provided for, and your chosen decision-makers are still able and willing to serve.
Baby Boomers and Beyond: Working Far Past Retirement Age
Nearly half a million Americans over the age of 80 are still working. For some, the choice to keep working is about staying active and engaged. For others, it's necessary.
Why Bruce Willis’s Family Moved Him into a Separate Home
This past August, Bruce Willis's wife, Emma Heming Willis, revealed that Bruce had moved into a nearby one-story home staffed with full-time caregivers.
One Common Estate Tax Error That Could Cost You
A critical misstep often arises in estate planning from the assumption that no filing is necessary if the first spouse's estate is below the federal exemption threshold.