by Susan Grissom | May 9, 2017 | Elder Care, Estate Planning, Wills & Trust
A recent report from the Alzheimer’s Association states that one in nine Americans age 65 or older currently have Alzheimer’s. With the baby boomer generation aging and people living longer, that number may nearly triple by 2050. Alzheimer’s, of course, is just one...
by Susan Grissom | May 2, 2017 | Elder Care, Estate Planning, Wills & Trust
The area of elder law and special needs planning is constantly evolving. On November 8, 2016, Colorado joined a handful of states—Washington, Oregon, California and Vermont—that have Death with Dignity laws, or physician-aid-in-dying laws. (Montana also allows it...
by Susan Grissom | Apr 25, 2017 | Elder Care, Estate Planning, Probate, Wills & Trust
In a previous post we explained how to choose an executor for your will. There are two other choices you may want to consider when working on your estate plan: trustee and guardian. Not every estate needs to name a trustee or guardian, but there are times when it can...
by Susan Grissom | Apr 11, 2017 | Elder Care, Estate Planning, Probate, Wills & Trust
There are lots of low cost options online these days for various services. You can book airline tickets, sell your house without using a realtor, get medical advice, and create legal documents through sites like LegalZoom. It’s a great new development, right? In...
by Susan Grissom | Mar 28, 2017 | Elder Care, Estate Planning, Wills & Trust
Watching our parents age can be tough not only emotionally but also financially. Your parents may need help as they age. Are you ready to help? Here are some items to discuss with your aging parents: Long term care Do they have a long-term care policy? If so, what are...
by Susan Grissom | Feb 7, 2017 | Elder Care, Estate Planning, Wills & Trust
Digital assets is a new concept in estate planning, but it’s an extremely important one. We spend so much of our lives online these days that our digital assets have become at least as much of our net worth as our non-digital ones. A study in 2007 by Microsoft...