April 10, 2011Home Care, Short QA Is Private Duty Home Care Covered by Medicare or Other Forms?” Answer: In most cases, private duty home care translates to private pay home care, with families looking to their own resources...
March 19, 2011Aging in Place, Senior Living Senior Living Environments Designed to Residents Age-in-Place? Are there any “environments” designed to enable residents to age-in-place? Yes. But it depends upon where you live. In Massachusetts...
March 18, 2011Skilled Nursing Facilities When Medical Costs Become Too High, Skilled Care Facilities Offer "My co-worker's father is a veteran and receives about $700/mo pension from the service as well as a social security...
March 12, 2011Health Care Power of Attorney Stubborn Parents Refuse to Sign a Healthcare Power of Attorney Refusing to Give Power of Attorney “For some reason, my aging parents are stonewalled about signing a healthcare power of...
March 11, 2011Asset Protection, Asset Protection Trust, Short QA Using a Trust to Protect a Home When in a Nursing Home If my mother, a widow in her 80s, sets up an irrevocable trust to protect her house, then needs nursing...
March 9, 2011Probate, Short QA Can I Stop the Probate Process So I Can Be Listed as an Heir? “My older sister died one year ago and her estate is currently being probated in our local court. I just...