Single parents tend to work hard for their children, so it’s no wonder that those in Brighton want to protect the children they would leave behind should the adult be killed or become incapacitated. Every day it falls to the single ...
Dementia can be confusing and overwhelming, utilize the resources available, and learn to forgive. Tiziana’s mother has dementia that is worsening by the day. Often, she struggles to find the right words to articulate just how difficult that is. But, if you have ...
Changes to VA Benefits in VA Budget for 2016 Last month President Obama announced a proposed $168.8 billion budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in 2016, representing a 7.5 percent increase in discretionary spending. Among many other veterans benefits, ...
A client recently had the issue of planning for Medicaid for his mother who needed Nursing Home care but had limited assets. One fly in the ointment is that the family had sold mom's home on a land contract. The ...
Medicaid is a comprehensive health care program that covers a wide range of people who require nursing facility medical care and meet certain financial eligibility guidelines. Medicaid is an imperative resource for seniors, covering more than 65 percent of all nursing home care. Nursing care currently costs approximately ...
Eighty-two-year-old Margaret Bentley is an Alzheimer’s patient at a Fraser Health nursing home (Maplewood House) that is spoon-feeding her against the former nurses wishes, expressed in her living will long before she became ill. Her family has filed a lawsuit alleging the feeding violates ...
The IRS just announced the 2016 federal estate tax rate limits, which are $5.45 million for individuals and $10.9 million for married couples. This means that wealthy Americans will be able to leave up to $10.9 million to their heirs ...
Sometimes you have to think outside of the box and you can discover a magnificent idea that will not only improve the life of a person living with dementia, but also the attitude and life of the caregiver. The article, Bags ...
The indie-rock band Noah & the Whale sings, “What you share with this world is what it keeps of you.” This particular lyric comes to mind when I consider the great efforts of a tremendous individual who has recently passed. ...
Close family members of people with Alzheimer’s disease are more than twice as likely as those without a family history to develop silent buildup of brain plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease. A known risk factor and predictor of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease, ...
