As April marks Financial Literacy Month, it is an excellent time to start improving your financial literacy. Gaining financial savvy can help you handle the challenges and [...]
My mom and stepfather had a revocable trust. My stepfather passed away in August 2023, leaving everything to my mom. She made a change to the trust, leaving the house and all contents to me [...]
I have an elderly lady who has dementia and cannot make her own decisions. Her nephew is her POA and placed her in a nursing home. However, her son, who does not have POA, [...]
My father-in-law is 91 years old, has dementia, and is diabetic. Due to his health care needs, his wife (my husband's stepmother) can no longer take care of him and wants my husband and his [...]
I am POA for my mother who is now in long-term care. I am currently occupying her condo and have assumed all of the bills. Am I able to take a home equity loan to improve the property and help [...]
My mother is a 91-year-old widow and currently lives alone in her home. She has decided she doesn't want to be alone anymore. She wants to sell her home to my brother and use those funds as a [...]
AARP reports that Baby Boomers are the generation with the highest divorce rates. Divorce among older adults in the United States has been on the rise since 1990. By 2019, 36 [...]
My mom had to apply for Medicaid to pay for long-term care after a stroke. I'm the beneficiary on her term life insurance policy, not the estate. Will Medicaid take her life insurance from me [...]
I recently moved in with my mom after my brother passed away. She is blind with the exception of a part of her periphery and has had several falls. She is forgetful sometimes and cannot cook [...]
You may not foresee ever needing assistance with your day-to-day life. However, research shows that seven in 10 adults aged 65 and older will require long-term care at some point in their [...]