Aging-in-Place Planning and Elderlaw

The blog reports information of interest to seniors, their families, and caregivers. Recurrent themes are asset and decision-making protection, and aging-in-place planning.

Friday, December 28, 2018

Guardianship Reform Helps, but Planning Shouldn't Wait

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Pennsylvania has implemented a Guardianship Tracking System (GTS), a new web-based system for guardians, court staff, Orphans’ Court cler...
Thursday, December 27, 2018

Medicaid Applicant Receives Penalty Period Based on Wife's Transfer on Death

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A Missouri court of appeals has ruled that a Medicaid applicant is subject to a penalty period based on his wife's transfer on death...
Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Taking Trips Outside the Home can Help Prevent Depression in Older Adults

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Click here to see  the Facebook post with a link to the article.  Click here to proceed  directly to the Consumer Affairs article.
Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Retiring to a Foreign Country - Americans Lose $100 Million on Tropical Real Estate Says FTC

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Click here to see the facebook post , with a link to the article. Click here to proceed directly to the Wall Street Journal article. 
Saturday, December 8, 2018

CMS releases CSRA and Home Equity Limits for 2019

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Community Spousal Resource Allowance and Home Equity Limits for 2019.  ...
Friday, December 7, 2018

Criminals Steal $37 Billion Every Year from the Elderly-- Here's How

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Elder fraud is an immense, complicated, and imposing problem, with implications for every aspect of a person's estate, financial, hea...
Monday, December 3, 2018

US Law Takes Grand Step to Protect Grandfamilies- Grandparents and Others Rearing Children Of Family Members Receive Support

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ID 27960544 ©  Monkey Business Images  |  Dreamstime.com In the United States today, children are increasingly being reared and even fo...
Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Assisted Living Focus Changing from Hospitality to Aging in Place

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According to Senior Housing News , the assisted living industry is changing from a hospitality-based model to one incorporating more heal...
Friday, November 23, 2018

New Alzheimer’s Vaccine Could Cut Cases In Half

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Scientists at the University of Texas, Southwestern  have created a DNA vaccine for Alzheimer’s . It’s thought that the formulation ...
Monday, November 19, 2018

Seniors with Dementia Abandoned by Family Caregivers at Hospitals and Homeless Shelters

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Jeremy Jojola, investigative reporter for Denver   KUSA/9NEWS , has published a heart-wrenching story uncovering a horrifying, but all-t...
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