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7 Caregiving Support Services Offered by Veterans Affairs
The Department of Veterans Affairs offers a robust family caregiving program for veterans with serious injuries, and those who require personal care services due to an inability to fully take care of themselves. This program includes senior veterans. To be eligible,...
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Establishing Special Needs Advocates and Community Support for When You’re No Longer Around
October is Special Needs Law Month. Across the country, special needs attorneys and community advocates are not only helping to raise awareness about important rights, they are also providing valuable guidance to families about how best to meet the needs of their...
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If I’m Already Enrolled in Medicare, How Can I Change My Plan?
Medicare is the government health insurance program for Americans aged 65 or older. It’s administered by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, and currently provides health insurance for more than 55 million people. Each year, seniors and others who receive...
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New Research Links Certain Prescription Drugs to Dementia
Dementia is not a normal part of aging. It may be commonly viewed as memory loss, but along with its most common type, Alzheimer’s Disease, dementia can progress with devastating results. Alzheimer’s makes up between 60 percent to 80 percent of all known cases of...
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4 Questions to Consider Before Saying ‘Yes’ to Caring for an Elderly Parent
Every year, millions of American families face the difficult challenge of deciding how they can help an aging parent who can no longer safely take care of him or herself in the home. Turning your parent over to full-time care providers, however, can be expensive and...
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Is Your Estate Plan Designed To Do What You Need It To?
Estate planning is more than just creating a last will and testament. It is more than deciding who your heirs will be or at what age they should inherit from you. Your estate planning is about not only creating a legacy for your family, but ensuring that when the time...
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5 Key Tips to Being an Effective Advocate for Your Aging Parent
As aging adults continue to get older, it can become difficult for them to maintain a healthy grasp on the things that impact them the most. This can include their living conditions, finances, and legal matters. Over time, this lack of attention can extend to their...
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How to Establish Good Communication with Aging Parents When You Live Far Away
Long distance relationships can be difficult. This can be especially true when caring for an aging parent. Beyond missing your parents, a few practical difficulties might arise as they age. This can include helping them manage their finances, choose decision makers,...
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Can Estate Planning Help You with Your Medical Decisions?
If you are in an accident and are placed on life support, would you prefer doctors to undertake every measure possible to keep you alive or take you off life support when nothing more can be done? How would you like any pain to be managed? How long would you prefer to...
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Revocable Trusts Can Protect Against Estate Challenges by Avoiding Probate
There is nothing more valuable than peace of mind when entering your later years of life. Part of this peace of mind originates in knowing that your hard-earned life savings, property and investments will seamlessly transition to your family and named beneficiaries...
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