Seniors’ Advice Needs Are Changing: Less Recreation, More Care

We recently came across an interesting article written specifically for financial advisors. It’s an industry article that encourages those professionals to brace themselves for a major change in their trade. Investment News magazine reports that most of the advisors they talk to are primarily interested in the IRA rollover market these days. Their clients are… Read More »

Applying For Medicaid Can Be Tough

Medicaid is an essential part of healthcare and life planning for America’s elderly, but getting signed up is vastly more complicated than most first-timers anticipate. That’s true whether you’re applying for yourself or for an aging parent. View image | gettyimages.com Of course, those who’ve dealt with government applications in the past are probably unsurprised… Read More »

Doctors and Hospitals Sometimes Ignore Advance Directives

Advance directives have been a popular part of estate planning since at least 1990, when Congress passed the Patient Self-Determination Act. Since then, Americans have only grown stronger in their sentiment that they should decide for themselves what kind of treatment they’ll receive in the face of terminal illness. View image | gettyimages.com Advance directives… Read More »