Aging, Senior Living Better Sleep for Seniors While sleep is essential for mental and physical health aging presents some sleep challenges. About half of all seniors report … January 26, 2023 2 MIN READ
Aging, Senior Living Strength Training for Seniors About a year ago your writer found that he was having trouble doing the yard work and carrying the trash … January 12, 2023 2 MIN READ
Blended Families Estate Planning, Inheritance Trusts Estate Planning for the Estranged Child All too often a client comes in with a sad tale about an estranged child. Naturally they are at a … December 1, 2022 3 MIN READ
Aging, Health Issues For Older Adults Keeping The Lights On Adapted from author Doug Armey the following are keys to keeping your brain “lit” as you age. Flow. A sedentary … November 17, 2022 1 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Power of Attorney Powers of Attorney Are for Everyone What happens if you have an accident or an illness whereby you are unable to handle your legal and financial … November 11, 2022 2 MIN READ
Financial Planning, Retirement Fund Planning, Special Needs Trust The Secure Act and Your IRA The Secure Act governs distributions from IRA’s and other retirement plans. After the death of the account holder most named … November 2, 2022 2 MIN READ
Aging, Senior Living Book Review: John Leland’s “Happiness is a Choice You Make” In his book subtitled “Lessons From a Year Among the Oldest Old” journalist John Leland takes us on a journey … October 21, 2022 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Living Trusts Avoiding Guardianship in New York For the ever-increasing number of those who become legally incapacitated later in life (i.e. unable to handle their legal and … October 13, 2022 2 MIN READ
Death Taxes, Estate Taxes, Inheritance Trusts Capital Gains Tax Tips Your “basis” for calculating capital gains taxes is what you paid for the stock or the real estate. For real … September 22, 2022 2 MIN READ
Medicaid Eligibility, Medicaid Planning Spousal Refusal – Just Say No Spousal refusal is a legally valid Medicaid planning option in New York. By way of background certain income and assets … April 12, 2024 2 MIN READ
Elder Law What are the Rules for Medicaid Asset Transfer in New York? Medicaid is a terrific program designed to help older Americans pay for the cost of their prescription medication hospital care … May 12, 2017 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Estate Planning QUALIFIED TERMINABLE INTEREST PROPERTY TRUST QTIP TRUSTS – WHAT IS IT? In our society with divorces as common as it is many people would likely … November 30, 2015 2 MIN READ
