by Patrick Cawley | Dec 20, 2022 | Family Living, Finances, Sentinel Articles
Parents go to great lengths to help their children. As parents get into their retirement years, helping children can backfire and cause problems for the whole family. It is no secret that buying a house has been very challenging in recent years. ...
by Keystone Elder Law | Dec 7, 2022 | Family Living, Finances, Sentinel Articles
After Thanksgiving, crowds emerge from their homes with their bellies freshly stuffed with turkey and stuffing to seek out gifts to stuff into stockings. Now is the season of giving. After spending time reflecting upon the people in our lives who we are...
by Keystone Elder Law | Nov 21, 2022 | Estate Administration, Finances, Sentinel Articles
When doing estate planning, most people think about who will receive all of their property after they pass away. There is an expectation that some of your hard-earned savings will pass on to help bolster the next generation’s finances after you are no longer around to...
by Keystone Elder Law | Oct 28, 2022 | Estate Planning, Finances, Medicaid
I am a big fan of Pinterest. I have boards and boards of pinned recipes, canning and freezing instructions, craft projects, crochet patterns, gardening tips, and more. I learned how to crochet and to do some other miscellaneous projects from online video...
by Patrick Cawley | Oct 21, 2022 | Estate Planning, Finances, Sentinel Articles
Last week’s column (https://keystoneelderlaw.com/a-second-marriage-with-children/) described Diane, whose second husband, Jack, is in skilled nursing care. Jack and Diane did many things right after losing their first spouses and deciding to remarry. ...
by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Oct 7, 2022 | Finances, Medicaid, Sentinel Articles
You or someone in your family has probably said it: “I will never go into a nursing home.” The problem is that nursing homes are full of people who were never going to enter a nursing home. Two out of every three people will need a higher level of care in the...