A new group has formed to take concerns over abuses in guardianship systems across the country to the Presidential campaign. The issues of most concern to senior citizens have not received much attention in the current Presidential nomination races. Candidates have discussed the high cost of prescription drugs, but there has been little discussion of [...]
After a three-year study a diverse group of experts has issued a report and recommendations for changing the long-term care policies of the U.S. Recently, the Convergence Center for Policy Resolution announced that the Long-Term Care Financing Collaborative has proposed changes to the way long-term nursing home care is financed in the U.S. at "LTCFC [...]
Baby Boomers are getting older and starting to need assistance from their children as they get age. Children of the Boomers often waited until they were in their 30s and 40s to have children of their own. That leaves many of them sandwiched between having to provide care for their elderly parents and their young [...]
In an effort to handle intra-family disputes over elder law issues, people are increasingly turning to mediation. Mediation has long been a staple in family law cases. In many states courts will not hear custody disputes, for example, until after the parents attempt to resolve their differences through mediation. The belief is that the process [...]
For years attorneys have been trying to chip away at nursing home arbitration clauses. They are meeting with more and more success. Nursing home arbitration clauses have been in the news a lot lately. In state after state, courts have refused to enforce them in some cases. This is a big change from previous years [...]
In a surprising move the IRS increased the amount of long-term-care insurance premiums that you can deduct from your taxes in 2016. The long-term-care insurance industry has come under fire recently as some people have questioned the sustainability of the insurance and wondered whether people who sign up for the insurance lose coverage after missing [...]
Arbitration clauses in nursing home contracts are increasingly common and problematic. Fortunately, many courts are looking at them skeptically. A court in California is the latest one to refuse to enforce such a clause. An elderly California woman, Marjorie Fitzpatrick, was signed into a nursing home by her daughter in 2012. The next year Marjorie [...]
Elderly people need to be extra vigilant about who they give their money to as scammers often specifically target the elderly who they view as more vulnerable. One Australian man learned this lesson the hard way. As unconscionable as it might seem to most people, scammers and con artists often target elderly people with their [...]
The Major Elder Law Issue Candidates Are Not Talking About Paying for long term care is a major crisis for many American elderly people and their families, so why are presidential candidates not mentioning it at all? For a long time, policy makers have known that the U.S. faces an impending crisis. People are living [...]
The earlier that Alzheimer's disease is diagnosed the better it is for the patient and family members, but there is currently no way to definitely diagnose the disease while a person is alive. It turns out that the small of urine might hold the key. Researchers, doctors, elder law advocates and elder law attorneys have [...]