Larger companies, like Verizon and Freddie Mac, offer benefits such as free eldercare consultants, access to subsidized aides, back-up care, and seminars on eldercare issues. This is good business sense, as, according to the AARP, every dollar ...more »
The governor's task force will take on contentious issues surrounding assisted living facilities when it meets this week. The Workgroup on Assisted Living will meet Monday, Nov. 7 at 1 pm, and again Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 8:30 am, at Florida International ...more »
Hughes & Coleman has obtained millions of dollars in compensation for elder abuse victims in Kentucky and Tennessee through personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits against nursing homes and similar skilled-care facilities. “Victims of elder abuse ...more »
Kentuckians still need to be proactive as they consider care facilities for elderly loved ones, and when they visit nursing homes. Bowling Green elder abuse attorney Lee Coleman said today that recent inspections of Kentucky nursing homes show ...more »
Two Vermont State Police troopers who went to the wrong house when asked the check on the welfare of an elderly woman can be sued over her death from hypothermia, the state Supreme Court has ruled. Troopers Travis Valcourt and Francis LaBombard III ...more »
26, 2011, at Morris Health Care and Rehabilitation Center in Morris. Born Dec. 15, 1915, in St. Louis, Mo., Myrtle was the daughter of Cebert T. and Julia (Marion) Elder. She married John K. Widoe, Sr., in 1934 in Edwardsville, Ill., and later married ...more »
The Central Election Commission has banned several campaign videos accusing them of spreading "extremist" views or violating campaign laws. This one, for example, from A Just Russia shows an elderly woman collecting her pension. ...more »
Whether it be getting up to speed on the scope of power of attorney or other representative documents, or getting to know the resources and services available in the community, seniors can defend themselves. In a world where seniors are more mobile and ...more »
The free community educational event featured a panel of three leading elder law attorneys that spoke on estate planning, end of life issues and guardianship. United Hebrew of New Rochelle's Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center recently hosted a ...more »
At a court hearing Tuesday in Minneapolis, her attorney asked a judge to bar the state from enforcing the new rule, arguing that the 2010 federal health care overhaul law prohibits states from restricting Medicaid eligibility beyond where it stood when ...more »
... elder law attorneys, non-profit and state agencies, health care providers, elder advocates, law enforcement, financial professionals and institutions will be able to network and improve the services they provide for those in guardianship. ...more »
The CLASS Act limited eligibility to individuals unable to perform two or more activities of daily living, or to those with a cognitive disability that required supervision or assistance in performing these activities. Similar to the CLASS Act, ...more »
For more on elder advice, listen to “Fifty Plus Planning Ahead” with Janet Colliton, Colliton Law Associates PC, and Phil McFadden, Home Instead Senior Care, on Wednesdays at 4 pm on WCHE 1520, www.wche1520.com . Janet Colliton is an elder law attorney ...more »
When interviewed by the detective, Rogers said an elder law attorney and an accountant had both told him to set up a trust with his mother's money, but he decided not to because he thought he could do better with it. He admitted that he invested in a ...more »
As these improvements will take time and a lot of effort, it is advised to plan for long-term care needs well in advance so you can find the best facility and care for your money. An experienced elder law attorney can assist with long-term care...more »
Presenters include Linda Skoglund from JA Counter on implementing the Affordable Care Act; Joanne Jackson, HR director at the Amery Regional Medical Center and 2011 Wisconsin SHRM President, on innovative employee benefit plans; Joey Monson-Lillie, ...more »
The elder-care law firm of Hauptman and Hauptman of Livingston funded the purchase of the magnifier, which was presented to Miller on Nov. 8. The magnifier will allow her to communicate with her family via e-mail. The Twilight Wish Foundation is a ...more »
