Over 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…
DetailsBy: Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho What is Boise at Home? As you age, are you concerned about losing your independence, being a burden to your family, being unable to afford to stay in your home, becoming isolated and lonely? If this does not concern you, perhaps you…
DetailsBy: Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho AARP will host a virtual town meeting with Lt. Governor Brad Little on Friday, December 12, from 11 a.m. to noon Mountain Time. “Little will address topics such as the health insurance marketplace, consumer protections, Medicaid expansion and the need to…
DetailsBy: Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho What have you collected over your lifetime – buttons, baseball cards, Jim Beam bottles, thimbles, salt and pepper shakers, egg beaters, poker chips…? The list is endless. Your collection could be just a curiosity with little value (except to you), or it…
DetailsBy: Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho A married couple planning for their retirement may want to consider strategies that maximize the Social Security income for both spouses, and for the survivor. Married couples should consider a number of variables before making a claim for their Social Security benefits.…
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