Your loved one has died… What do you do?
Whether you have spent the last days of your loved one’s life next to their side, or if you have received a 2:00 a.m. phone call, you may feel numb and bewildered, and knowing what to do next may seem…
Funding a Revocable Living Trust
What is "funding" your revocable living trust? Funding your trust is the process of transferring your assets from you to your trust. To do this you change the title of your assets to the name of your trust. How difficult…
Asset Protection Planning
In long term care asset protection planning, there are three questions to ask of how we are going to pay for our care: 1) Pay the costs out of your own pocket (decreasing the size of the estate your children…
10 Tips to Avoid Caregiver Burnout
The Merck Manual of Health & Aging offers the following strategies for avoiding caregiver burnout: Learn about the cause, symptoms, and course of the person’s condition. Anticipate changes. Let the older person make his own decisions and solve problems if…
What happens to your assets when you die without a Will?
Do you know what happens with your assets if you pass away without a will? Do you wonder if the State will take ownership of your assets? If you die without a will, assets that are owned in your individual…
3 Tips for Long-Distance Caregiving
It can be difficult caring for a parent or a loved one from another city or even state. Here are 3 practical tips that should help you find people and services that can help. Be Observant - Is your loved…
10 Asset Protection Mistakes
Mistake #1: Relying solely on a will or a living trust. A will takes effect only upon your death, and a living trust, although preferable in some cases, will not protect your assets from the government and nursing homes. Mistake #2:…
What are the 3 Principal Goals of the Life Care Plan?
There are three principal goals of the Life Care Plan that we help you develop and implement: We help you or your loved one get good care, whether that care is at home or outside the traditional home setting such…