by Michael Delaney | Feb 20, 2020 | Aging, Elder Law, Uncategorized
Concerns about your memory or that of a loved one should never be ignored. There are many resources available through a simple internet search, and professional associations that provide education and guidance through a maze of questions you may have regarding how to...
by Michael Delaney | Feb 11, 2020 | Aging, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Social Security, Uncategorized
Anyone can become either temporarily or permanently disabled. Some projections are estimating that Americans in their 20s today have an approximate 30 percent chance of experiencing a disability profound enough to cause them to miss three or more months of work before...
by Michael Delaney | Feb 5, 2020 | Aging, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Uncategorized
When policymakers consider the costs of dementias like Alzheimer’s disease, they consider both direct and indirect costs. Direct costs, in this instance, are the medical and social/non-medical care costs related to dementia; on average, expenses included $273 per...
by Michael Delaney | Jan 30, 2020 | Aging, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Medicaid, Nursing Homes
Suppose your mother can no longer make decisions for herself and she now needs nursing-home care. You are stressed and anxious. The nursing home puts a twenty-page, single-spaced contract in front of you. You wish you could flip straight to the last page and sign then...
by Michael Delaney | Jan 14, 2020 | Aging, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Uncategorized
Master plans for inter-generational community living models are changing the shape of the aging experience from the ages of 8 up to 80 years of age and beyond. Dubbed “new urbanism” it is the belief that a living environment with high standards can have a positive...
by Michael Delaney | Jan 9, 2020 | Aging, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Medicaid, Nursing Homes, Uncategorized
Alzheimer’s is a chronic neurodegenerative disease typically with a long pre-clinical phase which gradually worsens. Initial symptoms are often mistaken for normal aging and include problems with language, mood swings, disorientation, loss of motivation, poor...
