The majority of retirees want to stay in their homes and community where they have spent most of their lives. Their plan is to live independently in their homes, and in neighborhoods with friends and relatives close by.[1] If you really plan to stay in your own home, be realistic about what changes need to…
DetailsBy Victoria Collier, CELA, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, March, 2015 After the revelations and outrage about long wait times and false recordkeeping that may have led to Veterans dying in a Phoenix Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital, you might be surprised to hear that VA now seeks to limit a benefit available…
DetailsFalling injuries requiring medical attention occur for 115 people in 1,000 adults age 75 and older. About 40% of those over 75 fall at least once a year. If the person is hospitalized, only half of that number will be alive a year later. Every 18 seconds, an older adult is treated in an emergency…
DetailsThe City of Boise and Boise State University’s Center for the Study of Aging have teamed up to conduct a survey to determine if Boise is age-friendly for seniors. I met last week with Tami Cirerol, a Graduate Research Assistant at Boise State. She is coordinating the survey. They are looking for lots of responses…
DetailsOver coffee, a friend, Alan, told me he is flying to Baltimore in two days to visit his elderly bachelor uncles. The uncles, Sam (age 85) and George (age 78), have always lived together in the family home. A niece, who looked in on the uncles and lived just 10 minutes away, died last year…
DetailsBy: Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho Last month an enraged son called and threatened us. We prepared a Will for his mother. She just died and left him nothing. What would we do if he showed up in our office and was still angry and volatile? We did…
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