by Michael Delaney | Sep 28, 2020 | Elder Law, Estate Planning
An inheritance can frequently be the source of costly mistakes related to Medicaid which should be avoided. When a person is drawing Medicaid benefits and inherits money or property, that inheritance jeopardizes the benefits. The inheritance must be handled carefully...
by Michael Delaney | Sep 21, 2020 | Aging
Elderly Americans are at the greatest risk of COVID-19 and are also the demographic least likely to respond well to a vaccine. A vaccine shot works by fooling the body into believing it has been infected with a virus, thereby prompting its immune system to fight the...
by Michael Delaney | Aug 31, 2020 | Aging, Elder Law, Estate Planning
You should check your estate planning documents every so often, to make sure they’re still good, especially with big life changes like births, marriages, divorces, and moving to another state. Children grow up, marriages dissolve, property gets sold, residences...
by Michael Delaney | Aug 23, 2020 | Aging, Nursing Homes
Even in the best of circumstances, adults living in senior communities and long-term care facilities combat loneliness and some degree of isolation, which is linked to anxiety, depression, cardiovascular disease, and other ailments. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the...
by Michael Delaney | Aug 17, 2020 | Elder Abuse and Exploitation, Elder Law, Nursing Homes
Nursing homes by their very communal nature and frequent movement by staff among rooms create conditions where viruses and disease can spread easily. Before the coronavirus pandemic, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report in 2019 found that 82 percent of the...
by Michael Delaney | Aug 10, 2020 | Aging, Elder Law, Estate Planning
Care.com’s annual estate planning survey for 2019 found that 57% of adults in the U.S. do not have a Last Will & Testament (a “Will”). The survey found that participants were more likely or less likely to have a Will depending on issues such as age, race, and...
