by Keystone Elder Law | May 18, 2022 | Aging, Family Living, Sentinel Articles
Families often have charged conversations and difficult decisions about an aging parent’s driver’s license. Driver’s licenses are intimately tied to issues of independence and safety that are of concern to aging individuals and their families. As family...
by Keystone Elder Law | May 10, 2022 | Estate Planning, Sentinel Articles
When planning our estates and thinking about how to pass our property to our loved ones, most of us think of preparing a will. An awful lot of people will go to an attorney to prepare a simple will that specifies how their property will be divided up when they...
by Keystone Elder Law | May 2, 2022 | Family Living, Sentinel Articles
Working at an Elder Law firm, we regularly receive questions about whether a certain person counts as “elderly” to receive our services, or if we can help someone who is not “elderly.” There is no magic age when a person is old enough to need services that fall...
by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Apr 27, 2022 | End of Life, Sentinel Articles
Choices made by governments, business and industry, and individuals all impact our planet in various ways. Individual choices are usually the easiest to control. All areas of life, including end of life planning, offer opportunities to make choices which are more...
by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Apr 18, 2022 | End of Life, Sentinel Articles
Climate change is in the news almost daily. When looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint, people have turned to composting, reusable grocery bags, electric cars, LED light bulbs, and numerous other lifestyle modifications. End of life planning...
by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Apr 13, 2022 | End of Life, Sentinel Articles
Last week’s column covered a quick history of end of life practices in the United States, and introduced a relatively new option for body donation that many people may not have been aware of – body farms. In contrast, home funerals are an end of life choice...
