Caregiving Aging Life Care Managers (ALCM) An Aging Life Care Manager (ALCM) is a health and human services specialist who acts as a guide and advocate … August 11, 2023 1 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Gift tax, Irrevocable Trust, Living Trusts, Medicaid Trusts Taxation of Trusts Revocable living trusts where the grantor (creator) and the trustee (manager) are the same person use the grantor’s social security … July 13, 2023 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Gift tax, Irrevocable Trust, Living Trusts, Medicaid Trusts Taxation of Trusts Revocable living trusts where the grantor (creator) and the trustee (manager) are the same person use the grantor’s social security … July 13, 2023 2 MIN READ
Aging, Estate Administration, Probate, Wills You Cannot Disinherit Your Spouse New York law prevents spouses from being disinherited. Instead a spouse who is disinherited may go to court and claim … July 7, 2023 2 MIN READ
Aging Book Review: “The Good Life” by Robert Waldinger MD and Marc Schulz PhD Published this year “The Good Life” reports on the Harvard Study of Adult Development the longest scientific study of happiness … June 20, 2023 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Elder law estate planning, Medicaid Applications, Medicaid Eligibility Qualifying for Medicaid to Pay for Long-Term Care Spend-down. Look-back. Penalty Period. Uncompensated Transfer. These are just some of the terms Medicaid uses to determine eligibility for long-term … June 1, 2023 2 MIN READ
Aging Health Benefits of Forgiveness Each one of us experience countless injustices in the course of everyday living. Like other experiences it is not the … May 26, 2023 1 MIN READ
Elder law estate planning, Estate Planning Reasons to Revise Your Estate Plan Estate planning is not written in stone. Instead estate plans should be revised and reconsidered when various major life events … May 19, 2023 2 MIN READ
Aging Book Review: “Successful Aging” by Daniel J. Levitin In his best-selling book “Successful Aging” Daniel J. Levitin Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neuroscience at McGill University (your writer’s … May 2, 2023 1 MIN READ
Caregiving, Elder Law 5 Things You Should Know About Adult Guardianship Guardianship is a court process. Guardians are only appointed if an individual is deemed to be incapacitated. The determination of … March 26, 2021 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Wills New Case: Inheritance Rights of “Adopted Out” Children in New York A case recently came before a New York court that delved into a very unique inheritance issue. The case Matter … April 17, 2013 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Caregiving, Elder Law Aging in Place Through Continuing Care Retirement Communities Entering into a nursing home or other residential skilled care facility can be hard enough on a beloved older family … February 1, 2019 2 MIN READ