by Patrick Cawley | Feb 16, 2021 | Estate Planning, Finances, Sentinel Articles
Many readers of this article are being more careful these days. A global public health crisis and an unstable economy are causing people to take a harder look at their wills and planning. Even people who normally stick to a personal budget, have some retirement...
by Patrick Cawley | Nov 23, 2020 | Estate Planning, Family Living, Finances, Sentinel Articles
Parents and grandparents devote a considerable amount of their time and life savings to making sure that their children and grandchildren live the best possible life. Often the care provided by a parent or grandparent continues well after a child becomes an...
by David D. Nesbit, Esq. | Nov 2, 2020 | Family Living, Finances, Sentinel Articles
Selling a Parent’s Empty Home This is the conclusion of a three-part series which addresses various considerations related to the family home and planning for, or reacting to, a long-term care crisis. The first week’s article can be found here:...
by David D. Nesbit, Esq. | Aug 26, 2020 | Finances, Medicaid, Nursing Homes
If your widowed parent is in a nursing home, you might think that it is too late to save assets, or that you can’t get government help to pay for their care before all of their money runs out over time. That is not true. You can save money and avoid...
by David D. Nesbit, Esq. | Aug 10, 2020 | Aging, Finances, Sentinel Articles
Get What’s Yours, was published on February 17, 2015, and explained how to exploit the “file and suspend” provisions of Social Security. We wrote about that here in November 2015. Congress changed Social Security late in 2015 to close the loopholes...
by Patrick Cawley | Jun 29, 2020 | Family Living, Finances, Sentinel Articles
No one who uses credit cards, has a Social Security number, or shares information on social media is entirely immune from scammers or identity thieves. Older people, however, have the biggest target on their backs for financial abuse. People over the age of 50...
