Keystone Blog
Avoiding Major Decisions While Grieving
Serving as a guide to help our clients make wise decisions as they face long-term care issues is challenging. No two fact patterns are exactly alike. Even when facts or circumstances seem to be similar, it is important to recognize that different people will often...
Success With Resolutions This New Year
2018 is right around the corner. Many people view the beginning of a year as a time to make a fresh start, and often develop resolutions which they believe will help them achieve certain goals and aspirations. These resolutions sometimes only last a few hours, days,...
How Are Your Aging Parents This Holiday?
Holidays are emotional times. When multiple generations of a family unite to joyously celebrate, the moments are magical and memories are special. Paradise is good health. If absence makes the heart grow fonder, it also makes changes in aging parents and other family...
Legislative Support for Caregivers
Earlier this year, implementation of the Caregiver Advise, Record, Enable (CARE) Act took place in Pennsylvania. This state law is designed to assist caregivers by requiring hospitals to identify and provide education to family caregivers when a care recipient is...
Honesty with Dementia: Always a Good Policy?
Personal or professional caregivers who work with individuals experiencing dementia often encounter challenges when their care recipients possess an altered sense of reality. An individual may expect to see a deceased relative or friend, insist on driving to the store...
Black Friday Savings in Nursing Homes
Especially during the holiday season, it would be unpleasant to imagine that you might someday need to receive care in a nursing home. Let's not think about that today. Let's assume that you will never spend a day in a nursing home. But I'll bet that it is likely...
Hearing for the Holidays
Are you ready for the sights and sounds of the holiday season? People rely on their senses for both essential and pleasurable information from the environment. Certain changes in our senses occur naturally with aging, while others result from specific causes....
Understanding Palliative Care vs. Hospice
The term “hospice” is probably more familiar to most people than “palliative care.” The concept of hospice care began in England in the late 1940’s, and was introduced in the U.S. in the 1960’s. Hospice care focuses on providing comfort rather than curative...
CONSUMER FRAUD PROTECTION ALERT
This week’s article addresses a growing concern our office has seen in recent weeks. A small portion of our practice involves assisting clients in preparing deeds for real property located within the Commonwealth. Our office has recently received several phone calls...
Social Security Disability FAQ
SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Many clients come to our office for estate planning services. Other clients come to our office to plan for a child or loved one with disabilities. In either case, our office regularly advises clients on the...
