As people age, health and mobility issues can make independent living at home more difficult. However, not everyone can afford a nursing home or assisted living, and not everyone wants to move to one of these facilities.
Will there be changes in your circumstances or your family that should lead to a review of your plan? Could some events cause you to need to revise or update the plan?
My 87-year-old mom is relocating to live with us. I’m excited to have her but getting overwhelmed at the thought of finding her all new doctors—setting up those introductory appointments and doing all the new insurance paperwork. How can I make sure I don’t miss anything?
Adult children may anticipate, but are not legally entitled, to an inheritance.
A love for nursing and a desire to help young people prompted a Norfolk man to include a nursing scholarship at Northeast Community College in his estate planning.
You might be surprised at how many questions arise surrounding financial issues, legal arrangements and lifestyle choices.
A SLAT is an irrevocable trust set up while both spouses are still alive, in which one spouse is the designated beneficiary of the other spouse.
If you knock time and money off the excuse list, you can take care of some important estate-planning tasks.
Social Security recipients likely already know that their benefits get a bump almost every year to counteract the effect of inflation. However, that cost-of-living adjustment is just one of several annual tweaks to the Social Security system.
As the American population of seniors continues to expand, the need for intentional estate planning becomes more urgent, especially for the children of aging parents.
