Continuing care retirement communities (CCRC) are becoming popular retirement choices in the United States. Sometimes referred to as life plan communities, the goal is to provide a long-term care option for older residents. These residents prefer to live in the…
Even in the best of circumstances, adults living in senior communities and long-term care facilities fight loneliness and isolation, which is linked to anxiety, depression, cardiovascular disease, and other ailments. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and…
An elder law attorney or certified elder law attorney (CELA) specializes as a legal advocate for aging adults and their loved ones. Elder law encompasses a wide range of legal matters affecting an older or disabled person. Issues related to…
Dementia is a common disease that has a negative influence on a person’s memory and cognition. Somewhere in the world, every three seconds, someone is being diagnosed with dementia. Dementia is a catchall phrase that refers to many types of…
Anyone can be subjected to becoming either temporarily or permanently disabled. A few projections suggest that Americans in their 20s today have an estimated 30 percent chance of experiencing a disability profound enough to cause them to miss at least…
If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with dementia you may feel unprepared for future care needs, but there are four steps you can take to make life easier. Once this type of diagnosis is received, preparing for the future can no longer be avoided.
Social Security benefits, which are funded through 2 trusts, may not be available for much longer. The US Social Security Administrations funding trusts are known as the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund and the Disability Insurance (DI) Trust Fund.
Your friend Rose has created a trust and would like to appoint you to be her trustee – now what? This scenario can cause a lot of stress and tension for would-be trustees unfamiliar with what responsibilities this entails. You…
All across the US, there is a new refrain spoken by Medicare home health providers, including occupational, speech, and physical therapists, social services, as well as intermittent skilled nurses: “Your husband (or whomever) is not going to get better, so…
By now, everyone in America knows something about the COVID-19 global pandemic, also known as the coronavirus. News media programming continues to broadcast information about this virus with varying degrees of accuracy, which has created some confusion, especially for seniors…