October 26, 2009 HELP FROM THE SANDWICH GENERATION We receive many calls from adult children who are struggling with the task of caring for their aging parents. Perhaps their parents have been in and out of the hospital and various nursing homes. Their parents may be losing their mental capacity, and may have been diagnosed […]
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Experts suggest that Hispanics may be more suseptible to Alzheimer’s Disease than the general population, according to a New York Times article entitled “Are Hispanics at a Greater Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease.” “>” http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/us/21alzheimers.html The article suggests that Hispanics may have more risk factors for developing dementia than other groups, and that a signigficant number […]
An elderly client of mine died recently. When she first came in to see me, she was in her early 80’s. She was quite frail physically, but very with it mentally. She brought her three children with her. Fortunately, she still had good mental capacity, so we were able to amend her revocable living trust […]
The practice of elder law is a fairly new field within estate planning. I have been in practice for over 30 years, and in private practice for over 20. As a Baby Boomer, my estate planning practice has evolved over the years into an elder law/estate planning practice. My parents are both gone now, but as they […]