About half of Americans over 60 have completed some form of advance directives. Studies have shown that those who do outline a plan of...

Medicaid law provides special protections for the spouses of Medicaid applicants to make sure the spouses have the minimum support needed...

You have a wealth of knowledge, stories, skills, and an important history that you want to make sure you pass down to your children and...

As we age, our bodies change. Seniors eat differently and require a different level of nutrition than they did as younger adults. Let’s...

A businessman with a $2.5 billion estate passed away in 1976. He was single and many individuals, mostly unrelated to him, filed more...

Sometimes, it’s hard for those closest to us to recognize when it’s time for a change, and it can be harder still for our loved ones to...

As we age, our bodies change. We lose some of our physical abilities, and our responses to certain things become slower. Loss of hearing...

As an outside observer, often times, it is the child who first notices changes in Mom that signal it may be time for her to move to an...

Can you recommend some good home video monitoring devices that can help my sister and me keep an eye on our elderly mother? Over the...

The United Methodist Foundation for the Memphis & Tennessee Conferences Endowment program continues to grow, because our churches and...

The mere passage of time has no effect on the validity of the will. Individuals and families experience life changes every 2 to 5 years....

When you’re devoting so much time and energy to caring for Mom, it can be easy to let your own health and wellness take a backseat. But...

My friends at Country Cottage in Lawrenceburg, a part of the Cottage Senior Living Group, have graciously allowed me to share posts from...

When my brother died last year my sister and I had a regular funeral for him and got stuck with a $12,000 bill. Can you recommend some...

While day-to-day obligations can certainly get in the way, at some point as a parent of a child with special needs you will need to...

A family letter is a key part of a good estate plan. It is much more personal than many of your estate documents. A family letter allows...

It’s instinctive to want a map. Where’s the next turn? It’s a human thought pattern. After we find out that a loved one has Alzheimer’s...

Hollywood can be a great platform to provide mass exposure to many of the issues and challenges that plague society. It’s like the...

You have completed a will and perhaps a revocable living trust. Your durable power of attorney for healthcare and a living will are...

Carol Bradley Bursack, with AgingCare.com, shares this: A frequent problem expressed among adult children is that their parents aren’t...