Category Archives: Elder Law
Livable Communities for Elders and Others In Maryland
AARP’s Where We Live: Communities for All Ages is a free publication created by the Maryland Health Commissioner, community leaders, and non-profits, and highlights the issues and goals that certain communities are working towards to make neighborhoods, towns, and cities better places to live. Several Maryland communities made the list this year because of… Read More »
Protecting Against Elder Financial Abuse
Many people have a low-lying fear or suspicion of others. After all, the sinister characters in movies, TV shows, and books are generally strangers to their victims. However, the majority of violent crimes are committed by the victim’s family member. The same is true for elder financial abuse. According to Forbes, 90 percent of… Read More »
Senior Safe Act Helps Prevent Elder Abuse
Financial elder abuse has been a growing problem in the last decade. A recent study published in the U.S. National Library of Medicine found that one in 18 “cognitively intact” elderly people were the victims of financial abuse in the last year alone. Elderly people with a cognitive impairment are even more likely to… Read More »
Respite Services for the Senior
Seniors who wish to continue living at home with their children for as long as possible, or who wish to live in their original home until they pass away, have a good option with respite services. Respite services allow a caregiver, who is typically an adult child of the senior citizen, some short term… Read More »
Quality of Life Planning for the Senior
Sure, people are living longer these days, but are their lives happy in their later years, or are they filled with stress, depression, loneliness, and confusion? Sadly for many, it is the latter. But there are steps that you can take to prevent this decline in quality of life from happening to yourself or… Read More »
Tips for Adult Children for Discussions With Aging Parents
According to PBS, 54 percent of parents would rather talk to their children about sex than aging. It is very common for aging Parents not to want to talk about declining health and dying, especially to their children. For so many years, your parents were the strongest, smartest, most wise people on earth—in your… Read More »
How Elder Law Can Help You
Are you just now beginning to wonder how you will pay for long-term health care for a spouse whose health is declining? Is your estate in order or do you need to update your will or create a living trust? Is your elderly parent unable to make sound financial decisions, let alone care for… Read More »
Why End-of-Life Planning Should be Included When Planning for Long-Term Care Expenses
It may seem like there are simply too many other tasks to take care of when you or a loved one’s health begins to fail them, but planning for long-term care during end of life planning is an extremely important step to take. Proper long-term care planning not only provides a plan forward, but… Read More »
Elder Abuse and Neglect
Elder abuse and neglect is a growing concern for thousands of Maryland senior citizens and their families. Whether the abuse is occurring in a nursing home or assisted living facility, or it is being inflicted by a home caretaker or family member, it needs to be put to an end. To get started immediately,… Read More »
Medicaid Planning Misconceptions
There are a number of ill-conceived notions regarding Medicaid, which is an essential part of planning for entering an assisted living facility or nursing home, or utilizing in-home care. Most people cannot afford to pay for the astronomical cost of these types of care or homes. For one, they usually have no income at… Read More »
