REPUBLIC OF TEXAS (ROT) RALLY WEEKEND — LOOK OUT FOR MOTORCYLES
This weekend, Austin is hosting one of the largest motorcycle rallies in the world. Unfortunately, the last several ROT Rallies have resulted in too many fatalities, about three per year if I was guessing. As is our tradition, I’m again posting our safety tips to help prevent motorcycle injuries. As they use to say in CHIPS, one of my favorite shows as a kid, “Let’s be careful out there.” Here are the Motorcycle Safety Foundations top ten things that drivers need to know about motorcycles: 1. There are a lot more cars and trucks than motorcycles on the road, and some drivers don’t ...
Bi-Partisan Group of Senators’ Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill Arrives in the Senate
// May 18th, 2013
In the most sweeping immigration bill in 60 years, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators has introduced legislation to revamp the U.S. immigration system. The Senate bill S.744 comprehensively addresses border security, provides a path to provisional immigrant status for those foreign nationals already here, creates...
The Importance of Durable Power of Attorney
// May 18th, 2013
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...
Calls From Concerned Citizens A Help In Combating Drunk Driving
// May 18th, 2013
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...
Novi Special Needs Lawyer Offers Practical Tips In Setting Up a Supplemental Needs Trust
// May 18th, 2013
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...
How To Best Fund and Support Growing Need for Quality Nursing Homes Still Being Examined
// May 18th, 2013
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...
Nursing Homes: When You Are Concerned About The Quality of Care
// May 18th, 2013
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...
Changes to Disability Payments
// May 18th, 2013
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....
Study Finds Similar Gene Variations in African-American and Caucasian Alzheimer’s Patients
// May 18th, 2013
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
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Considering Long-Term Care Insurance
// May 18th, 2013
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 [...]
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Proposed Changes to the VA Pension Program
// May 18th, 2013
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...
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