Blog Posts in 2016

Last month's election of Donald Trump and Republican majorities in both our Senate and our House of Representatives have raised a number of significant financial uncertainties for some Americans-- ...

Putting a love one in a nursing home is very difficult. When I had to place my Mom in a facility I cried the whole way. The last thing you need when you get there is to be bombarded with paperwork and ...

You hear about nursing homes in connection with abuse and neglect all the time. So if you are putting a loved one in a home, be careful not to get trapped into signing an arbitration agreement. ...

Continuing Care Retirement Communities or CCRCs, are retirement communities with accommodations for independent living, assisted living, and nursing home care, offering residents a continuum of care. ...

Portability was added to the Job Creation Act of 2010 to allow the estate of a decedent who is survived by a spouse to make a “portability election” to allow the surviving spouse to apply the Deceased ...

Estate planning requires special attention in a second marriage when one of the spouses has more assets than the other. One of the tools to help couples in this situation is the QTIP Trust or ...