What is Your Best Housing for the Rest of Your Life?
Once you pass age 65 you have a 70% chance of needing care before you die. Eighty percent (80%) of us want to continue to live at home for the rest of our lives.
What are Housing Options for Seniors as They Age?
by Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho What are the options we have for housing as we get older? [1] Everyone wants to stay in their homes and just die in bed. Some studies show that over ninety percent of seniors want to live the rest of their lives…
Why Not Put a Home in a Child’s Name?
What bad things can happen if my parents put their home in my name? Betty and Frank plan to gift their home to their only son, Bruce. They want Bruce to inherit everything when they die. Right now Bruce is on all bank accounts. He is named as the beneficiary on their retirement accounts and…
New Protection for Nursing Home Residents – Not so fast…
A Federal judge in Mississippi, Michael Mills, issued an order blocking a new rule that gave patients at federally funded nursing homes the right to settle disputes in court. The Judge granted a request from members of the nursing home industry to stop the rule from taking effect. This is a loss for residents of…