What Is A Medicaid-Compliant Annuity?
A Medicaid-compliant annuity can help protect assets while qualifying for long-term care benefits. Learn how it works and how it may reduce Medicaid penalties.
Five Tips for Choosing a Continuing Care Retirement Community
Get expert tips to confidently choose a Continuing Care Retirement Community that fits your lifestyle, care needs, and budget.
What Is VA Aid & Attendance? You Might Be Missing Out on This Benefit
This benefit helps veterans and surviving spouses pay for long-term care. Find out if you’re eligible and how to apply.
Crisis Planning for Aging Parents: What to Do When Mom or Dad Needs Immediate Help
Crisis planning for aging parents ensures fast decisions about care, finances, and legal protections when a sudden health issue or decline occurs.
Aging in Place in Pennsylvania: Legal and Financial Considerations
Aging in place in Pennsylvania requires financial planning, home modifications, and legal protections to ensure seniors can remain at home safely and affordably.
What is a Caregiver Agreement and When to Use it?
A Caregiver Agreement is a formal way to ensure clarity and fairness in caregiving arrangements, whether with family or professionals.
Aging in Place in New Jersey: Legal and Financial Considerations
Aging in place in New Jersey requires financial planning, home modifications, and legal protections to ensure seniors can remain at home safely and affordably.
How the New Jersey POLST Form Protects Your Healthcare Wishes
The New Jersey POLST form ensures medical providers follow a person’s healthcare wishes, giving control over life-sustaining treatments and emergency care decisions.
Planning Ahead: How the One Big Beautiful Bill Could Affect Medicaid, ABLE Accounts, and Long-Term Care
How does the new one big beautiful bill affect you, caregivers, and those with disabilities? In early July, the United States Congress passed, and President Trump signed, the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB). This is one of the most sweeping pieces of federal legislation in years, combining tax changes with deep cuts and major reforms to public benefits programs—especially Medicaid, a public benefit program relied upon by many disabled individuals and older adults requiring long-term care, and lower income Americans needing insurance.
What To Do After a Parent’s Dementia Diagnosis
A parent’s dementia diagnosis can bring a wave of emotions, from fear and sadness to uncertainty about what comes next. While it is a difficult moment, there are steps that can be taken to ensure they receive the care, support, and legal protections they need. By focusing on both immediate and long-term planning, families can create a stable foundation that allows their loved one to age with dignity while maintaining as much independence as possible. Thoughtful decisions today can bring peace of mind for the future and provide reassurance that a parent’s wishes will be honored.