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The Power of an Informed Health Care Agent
Health care decisions are among the most personal and private decisions a person can make. Health information can be very sensitive and, if revealed to the wrong person, cause embarrassment and harm to a person’s reputation. The Health Insurance Portability and...
Add Life to Your Years & Years to Your Life
Last week this column explored the growing population of older adults around the world https://keystoneelderlaw.com/aging-and-prestige/. As more people live longer lives, there is an increasing focus on wellness and life satisfaction for older adults. Basic practices...
Aging and Prestige
The opportunity to live a long life is a gift. News stories about children, teenagers, and younger adults whose lives are cut short by accidents, illness, war, or other circumstances elicit feelings of sadness for “what might have been,” even when these people are...
Cutting Corners on Care Planning Will Cost You
John and Mary are practical people who worked hard for everything they had and never threw money away on anything frivolous. As John’s health declined and he needed more help, Mary did the best she could to take care of him. When his needs progressed beyond what she...
Planning: People in a Pickle
In two of our recent columns https://keystoneelderlaw.com/long-term-care-planning-7-tools-for-success-part-1-of-2/, attorney Kelly Appleyard presented a case study which outlined planning tools that help families navigate some of the challenges of aging....
Medicare & Medicaid: Playing Favorites in Health Care
As one of four children, I fondly remember my brothers and sister teasing each other about which one of us was our parents’ favorite child. It would make sense if my sister, Katie, was the favorite. She is the only daughter, a rose among thorns, and she happens...
Long Term Care Planning: 7 Tools for Success Part 2 of 2
In last week’s article, we told you about the first three of seven tools for success in long-term care planning https://keystoneelderlaw.com/long-term-care-planning-7-tools-for-success-part-1-of-2/. We told you about Bob and Cheryl’s experiences with these tools. In...
Long Term Care Planning: 7 Tools for Success – Part 1 of 2
Getting older is hard. I don’t just mean the physical aches and pains and other issues that tend to get worse with age. Getting older can also be very expensive. There are a number of complex legal and financial issues that arise as you get older and need more...
Multigenerational Households Part II
Last week’s column (https://keystoneelderlaw.com/multigenerational-living/) introduced background information about the history of multigenerational households in the U.S. and some of the situations which influence people to...
Multigenerational Living
Multigenerational living has been on the rise in the U.S. over the past few decades. These are households which contain two generations (parents and adult children), skipped generations (grandparents and grandchildren), or three or more generations....
