Is There Anything I Can Do to Make a Nursing Home Give Me Health Information About My Wife?
My wife is in a nursing home in Texas, and I am her agent under her power of attorney. She recently caught COVID-19 and the nursing [...]
Pandemic Payments Now Won’t Affect SSI Benefits for Eligibility at All
Pandemic-related financial assistance will no longer affect an individual’s eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or their benefit amount, the Social Security Administration (SSA) [...]
Never Say Never: Navigating the Appeals Process if You’ve Been Denied Social Security Disability Benefits
The appeals process after being denied Social Security disabilities benefits is a long and winding road, but worth navigating. Here’s what is involved, at every level.
Preserving the Family Vacation Home for Generations to Come
Summer is winding down and if you are one of the lucky ones, you got to spend some time at a family vacation home. How do you make sure your children and grandchildren can enjoy that second [...]
New Tax Proposals Mean You Should Review Your Estate Plan
A number of tax proposals being considered in Congress that could significantly affect gifting and estate plans. There are planning strategies to help protect your estate from future tax [...]
Guide Helps People with Disabilities Prepare for a Disaster Emergency
Is your family prepared for nature’s wrath and other disasters? A new guide has useful tips on how to make sure people with [...]
Can We Return Gifted Property So That Our Mother Is Not Subject to a Medicaid Transfer Penalty?
My mom gave us land less than five years ago. Now she is applying for Medicaid and is subject to a five-year look-back period. Can we [...]
Can a Marriage Be Annulled After One Spouse’s Death?
Marriage is supposed to be “until death do us part,” but after one spouse dies, is it possible to have the marriage annulled? It can be done, as a Nebraska widower recently learned, but only [...]
Leaving an IRA to a Special Needs Trust Is No Longer Such a Bad Idea
An exception to the SECURE Act's otherwise stringent rules about distributions from inherited IRAs potentially changes longstanding advice about leaving retirement funds to a special needs [...]
Nursing Homes Grapple with Whether to Force Staff to Get Vaccinated
As COVID-19 cases start to rise again due to the highly contagious Delta variant, nursing homes are considering requiring staff members to be vaccinated. Only 59 percent of nursing home staff [...]
