What Should I Ask, If My Mom Is in a Quarantined Facility

It can be frustrating and nerve-racking when you can’t see a loved one face-to-face — a fact that so many family members with loved ones in assisted living or nursing home facilities are discovering during the coronavirus outbreak. To protect those who are most at risk of complications from the disease caused by the coronavirus, COVID-19, health officials have announced strict rules for some facilities with vulnerable older residents.

May 18, 2020

Should I Create a Trust?

The main reason that people choose to have a living trust instead of a will, is that it avoids the probate system. Probate is the legal proceedings to decide whether a will is legal and binding. It also is the court session to decide where the property will go, if there is no will provided.

May 17, 2020

Which Takes Priority in a Conflict: a Will or a Trust?

A will and a living trust are both part of a comprehensive estate plan, that sometimes are inconsistent with one another. When there are conflicts, the trust takes precedence.

May 16, 2020

Are Vets Using Remote Mental Health Care During the Pandemic?

Remote mental health care use among Veterans Affairs patients jumped dramatically last month as normal medical care appointments were disrupted and veterans forced into self-isolation because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

May 15, 2020

Does Your Estate Plan Need a Will or a Trust—Or Both?

One of the most fundamental choices you can make as you’re thinking about how to pass your assets on to heirs, is whether you hold assets in a revocable trust or more simply give them via a will. Both approaches have advantages, although trusts can provide significantly more benefits.

May 14, 2020

C19 UPDATE: COVID19 Bringing Out Scammers Who Target the Elderly

While some of you are home, practicing social distancing and frequent hand washing to avoid the Coronavirus, remember that scammers are still busy trying to take advantage of people.

May 13, 2020

C19 UPDATE: Helping Seniors Battle the Unspoken COVID-19 Toll: Loneliness

We should take this opportunity to learn again what it really means to be social and find new forms of social connection.

May 12, 2020

C19 UPDATE: Experts Identifying New Symptoms of COVID-19

Fever, cough and shortness of breath were early on identified as symptoms of COVID-19, but additional symptoms are emerging.

May 11, 2020

Helping Your Elderly Parents during the Pandemic

Americans everywhere are concerned about the coronavirus. However, COVID-19 has demonstrated that it’s particularly serious for older adults whose immune systems naturally weaken as they age — and especially for those with chronic medical conditions, according to Dr. Samir K. Sinha, a member of the American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council.

May 10, 2020

What Should I Know about Guardianship?

One of the key functions of the family law system is to ensure that children are looked after appropriately. This is the basis for the doctrine of legal guardianship.

May 9, 2020

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What Should I Ask, If My Mom Is in a Quarantined Facility

Should I Create a Trust?

Which Takes Priority in a Conflict: a Will or a Trust?

Are Vets Using Remote Mental Health Care During the Pandemic?

Does Your Estate Plan Need a Will or a Trust—Or Both?

C19 UPDATE: COVID19 Bringing Out Scammers Who Target the Elderly

C19 UPDATE: Helping Seniors Battle the Unspoken COVID-19 Toll: Loneliness

C19 UPDATE: Experts Identifying New Symptoms of COVID-19

Helping Your Elderly Parents during the Pandemic

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