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An Overview of Estate Planning and How Life Insurance Plays a Role

An Overview of Estate Planning and How Life Insurance Plays a Role

When it comes to distributing your assets in your estate plan, life insurance may not seem relevant at first glance. However, life insurance can be an integral, indispensably important part of a well-thought-out estate plan. There are numerous other benefits…

Appeal Rights for Medicare Recipients

Appeal Rights for Medicare Recipients

An appeals court recently ruled that some Medicare beneficiaries may now appeal decisions regarding their patient status. The Underlying Issue When Medicare patients go to a hospital, they often enter through the emergency department. The physician who attends to them…

How to Take Care of Your Elderly Parents

How to Take Care of Your Elderly Parents

There is nothing you can do about aging, and it affects everyone in your family. It can be challenging for adult children to imagine their parents as seniors and to understand and respond to the reality that each parent will…

Choosing the Right Care For Your Aging Loved Ones

Choosing the Right Care For Your Aging Loved Ones

According to sources, long-term care facilities are underfunded by government agencies. They lack the resources to do proper inspections of residential health facilities. You may have seen the rating system provided by the Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).…

Some Nursing Homes in the U.S. Are in Dire Straits

Some Nursing Homes in the U.S. Are in Dire Straits

Americans who live in nursing homes are among the most vulnerable. When the novel coronavirus did hit, these nursing homes became its ground zero as many residents and workers did not receive testing, and staff found obtaining personal protective equipment…

The Health Challenges Posed by Dementia Are Significant

The Health Challenges Posed by Dementia Are Significant

A person with dementia is diagnosed every three seconds somewhere in the world. Dementia is a catchall phrase that refers to many types of neurodegenerative diseases. Neurodegenerative diseases bring about the onset of dementia including but not limited to: Alzheimer’s…

Managing Long-Term Care Costs

Managing Long-Term Care Costs

Almost seventy percent of retirees in the United States will need some kind of long-term care (LTC), according to figures released by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). According to research by Genworth, the median annual cost…

An Overview of Co-Agents

An Overview of Co-Agents

Choosing which of my two children will be my legal representative when I need help paying my bills and talking to doctors is a difficult decision for me. Can’t I just name them both?  You can, but please don’t. You…

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