A durable power of attorney protects you in the event that your health declines quickly and you are unable to make health care decisions on your own. Medical and financial  Durable Powers of Attorney can’t prevent accidents or keep you young, but they can certainly make life easier for you and your family if times get tough. While it may not be common knowledge, it is Older Americans Month... 

Calls from passing motorists can help Texas police locate drunk drivers and get them off the road. Many of the calls emergency dispatchers receive must be transferred to other jurisdictions and the 911 callers may not be present to see the driver they suspected of driving while inebriated, but both Texas dispatchers and police have stated that passing motorists are a great help. The director of Mothers... 

If you have a family member with special needs, it is important to factor him or her into your estate planning. In fact, there are “special needs trusts” or “supplemental needs trusts” which can be created specifically for this purpose. Working with a special needs lawyer in Novi is the best way to make sure that you are setting your loved one up to be cared for when you are no longer able... 

The Texas Health Care Association (THCA) is carefully watching the Texas Legislature regarding Medicaid expansion. Regardless of how the legislature votes, the THCA is concerned about how to maintain access for seniors to quality nursing home care. Medicaid funding levels that adequately support seniors’ nursing home care must be maintained, said President of THCA Steve Graves. According to the... 

Nursing home abuse can be an emotionally loaded subject. Having to relinquish some control of the care and treatment of our elderly loved ones to a facility can make people feel guilty, anxious and upset. But few spouses, adult children or even extended family households are equipped to handle the activities of daily living support, much less any medical needs, that someone who is elderly and/or medical... 

Kristina Derro Veteran Advocate The federal government, in an attempt to address its long-term debt problem, has proposed changes to the way it calculates inflation for VA disability payments. Currently, government benefits (ex. VA disability benefits, Social Security benefits, etc.) are adjusted according to inflation. In an attempt to save some money, the government has endorsed using a slightly... 

Study Finds Similar Gene Variations in African-American and Caucasian Alzheimer’s Patients: African-Americans are diagnosed with Alzheimers at a slightly higher rate than people of European ancestry, but… http://p.ost.im/p/d4aH5m  Read More →

In planning for retirement, it is important to consider what would happen if you needed assistance with daily living over a long period of time. Most people in that situation would prefer to be able to stay in their own home with the assistance of a home health-care aide rather than move into a nursing [...]  Read More →

African-Americans are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at a slightly higher rate than people of European ancestry, but a new study found no genetic difference between the groups that could account for the asymmetry. In one of the first large studies on Alzheimer’s in African-Americans, researchers found the same gene variants that previous studies found in Caucasian Alzheimer’s patients.... 

Stay current with all changes to the VA Pension Program. Michigan Elder Law Attorney Chris Berry keeps you informed on all proposed changes to the VA Pension Program. A number of changes were proposed to the VA pension program when S.3270 was introduced last year. Some of those proposed changes – a lookback period and a penalty period for transfers made prior to qualifying for the VA pension...