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Buyer Beware When it Comes to “Free” For-Profit Senior Services Referrals
Numerous websites purport to help adults find answers to questions about their aging parents. These are known as online senior living referral services. The chairman of the U.S. Senate Aging Committee recently began an investigation into assisted living referrals by A Place for Mom, one of the largest commercial advice hubs. At the same… Read More »
New Study Shows That Eating Well at 40 Could Impact Your Health at 70
Numerous diets have made their way into the collective consciousness as means of slowing down the cognitive decline caused by Alzheimer’s. We’ve featured a number of these diets on our blogs. But eating right isn’t just for those who are battling cognitive decline. It’s for anyone who wants to be healthy and active at… Read More »
As COVID Surges, Only 40% Of Nursing Home Residents Have Received Their Latest COVID Vaccine
Are nursing homes dropping the ball again when it comes to COVID? It seems like no one is taking COVID seriously anymore, but the virus continues to claim lives even as we know more about it, how it functions, and have medications prepared for it. COVID tends to surge over the summer and nursing… Read More »
Protecting Assets and Wishes: Essential Legal Steps for Alzheimer’s Patients and Their Families
As Alzheimer’s gradually diminishes an individual’s ability to communicate, it also poses a potential threat to their estate and assets. Families who have a loved one whose cognition is in gradual decline will want to safeguard their loved one’s wishes for their estate before they become incapacitated. There are crucial legal steps that need… Read More »
Some Retirees Aren’t Allowed to Choose Between Medicare or Medicare Advantage
After the age of 65, Americans are generally allowed to choose between traditional Medicare or a private health insurer’s Medicare Advantage plan (also called Medicare Part C). However, it is becoming increasingly common for retirees with health benefits from their former employers to not be given a choice. Instead, these retirees are told that… Read More »
Four Lifestyle Changes That Can Improve Cognitive Function, Delay Alzheimer’s
A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s is a devastating reality for numerous Americans. Alzheimer’s is a degenerative condition that causes cognitive decline. While recent research has made great strides in determining how Alzheimer’s transforms the brain, the prognosis for those with the disorder hasn’t significantly improved in recent years. Yet researchers continue to make strides in… Read More »
Your Girlfriend from the 1980s is Grateful for Your Million Dollars
It is no secret that a lot of people in America are living alone and while many have been in one or more serious relationships those never culminated in marriage. Meanwhile, these people accumulate assets but often don’t pay enough attention to what will become of them if the Grim Reaper comes for an… Read More »
FDA Greenlights New Drug for Early Alzheimer Patients
An advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently unanimously voted in favor of greenlighting a new drug, donanemab, as a treatment for early Alzheimer’s disease. When asked, “Does the available data show that donanemab is effective for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease in the population enrolled in the clinical trials… Read More »
What is a Life Estate and How Does it Work?
Those who own a home that they love may dream of giving that home to someone in their family to ensure that the estate stays within the family. But the process of ensuring that the home stays in the family isn’t always simple. An individual who wants to ensure that a piece of real… Read More »
Virginia Court Holds That Life Estate Maintained by Part-Time Use
In an unpublished opinion, the Court of Appeals of Virginia affirmed a lower court ruling that two women were not considered the remainder beneficiaries of a life estate created by their aunt. The appellate court, in making this ruling, found that a personal residence does not require sole or exclusive use. Intermittent use was… Read More »