Mom Is Leaving the Hospital – What Should I Do?
Erin Howe, a nurse practitioner at the Jewish Home of Rochester, writes about helping seniors navigate the discharge process from the hospital to a place other than home here.
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How to start a conversation with your parents about aging
In "How to have those touchy caregiving conversations," Jody Gastfriend ofCare.com gives some tips for adult children who want to bring up the needs of their aging parents: research options; form a team; seek expertise; and learn to back off. Read the full article...
Elder Abuse & Mistreatment Quiz: The Answers
Elizabeth attended Lifespan's presentation on Tuesday, September 13, 2011, at Crimson Gardens, about recognizing and preventing elder abuse and mistreatment, and we posted a quiz to test your knowledge of emerging trends in the area of elder abuse. Here are the...
How Much Do You Know About Elder Abuse? Take the Quiz…
Elizabeth attended Lifespan's presentation today on recognizing and preventing elder abuse and mistreatment. Here is a quiz to test your knowledge of emerging trends in the area of elder abuse. The answers will be posted later this week.Elder Mistreatment: An Overview...
Estate Planning for Women
The Spring 2011 edition of "Worthwise for Women," put out by Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, focuses on estate planning for women. Here's a preview: ...The word "estate" often conjures up images of vast wealth well beyond our own means. But that line of thinking...
Special Education Expenses – Tax Deductible or Not?
A recent IRS private letter ruling dealt with payments to a private school on behalf of two children diagnosed with learning disabilities. The children were attending the private school in order to participate in a special education program designed to help the...
Does Mom Have the Capacity to Sign That Document?
With so many of our older clients suffering from the dementia and the early stages of Alzheimer's, as well as younger clients who may have developmental difficulties, estate practitioners are sometimes at a loss to determine whether a client has the capacity to...
Estate Taxes in 2010 and Beyond – What’s Going On?
One of the questions clients and colleagues have asked most frequently this year is what is going on with the estate tax? Well, New York's estate tax isn't going anywhere. The first $1 million of assets is exempt, as is anything passing to a surviving spouse (with a...
Adults with Dementia Wander from Home in Increasing Numbers
Kirk Johnson's article in today's New York Times states that "More with Dementia Wander from Home" and for the first time, searches for lost adults outnumber those for lost children and adolescents in Virginia. Statistics show that "at least 6 in 10 dementia victims...
Nursing Home Sues Son-In-Law for Sloppy Medicaid Application
When counseling our clients regarding Medicaid planning and uncompensated transfers, we often say that nursing homes are unlikely to sue residents' adult children or others to recover gifts that were made. However, we should also be advising our clients to review any...
