By Susan M. Graham, Certifiled Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho Imagine, you are hospitalized for three or more days, you were assigned a room, slept in a bed, had many tests and saw various specialists. Then, you were discharged to a skilled nursing facility (a nursing home) for follow-up care. At that…
DetailsSusan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho If you joke that you are getting forgetful, have lost your keys or might be getting Alzheimer’s–and you make these statements at your bank or with your financial investment people, watch out! An attorney friend told me one of her clients did just…
DetailsBy: Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho You are at the store and your charge card is denied. You pay your property taxes and the county says you owe for last year’s taxes too. You get sued for failing to pay a medical bill. These lapses can quickly lead…
DetailsBy: Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho Some days I carry 8 pennies in my left pocket. Why? To remind me to drink plenty of water each day. The idea is – I want to drink 8 glasses of water each day. That is water…not coffee, soda, wine or…
DetailsBy: Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho Surprise surprise. Those over 70 rank health as a major criteria of happiness, while young people, (those under 35), barely rank this part of their life contributing to their happiness.[1] How can you stay healthy? Of course there are the obvious items:…
DetailsBy: Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho Congress surprised us by leaving the death tax free estate at $5,000,000. The federal exemption is indexed to inflation so the exemption for 2013 is set at $5,250,000. Many states, including Idaho choose to follow the federal standard, and do not have…
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