Whether or not you should buy long-term care insurance is a question we get a lot. The answer is: it depends. This isn’t a simple question to answer because there are so many variables, including: Your insurability Your age and resulting cost of the long-term...
I always enjoy our holiday newsletter as we break from the legal topics and communicate something that is important to us. I will admit I am an “open book” or a what-you-see-is-what-you-get type of person, so I’m usually not hard to figure out, but...
Finding Love in Your Later Years Calls for Planning Finding love and companionship again in the later part of life can be wonderful, but it can also be very complicated. Taking the plunge without proper planning can have tremendous negative consequences. About 50% of...
Latest numbers on dementia show the growing need for long-term care planning as part of an effective estate plan. An infographic recently published by the Population Reference Bureau gives a comprehensive summary of new demographic research on dementia trends....
A Power of Attorney (PoA) is a legal document that gives someone authority to act on your behalf. Think about all the decisions you make on a daily, weekly, monthly basis. Now think about what would happen if you couldn’t make those decisions for yourself...
Many people are afraid of losing their home if they have to enter a nursing home and apply for Medicaid to cover the extreme expense. While this fear is well-founded — the average cost of a nursing home in Kansas City Metro is about $5,000-$7,000+ per month...
