When anyone checks in to a nursing home, he or she is invariably and firstly given a large pile of paperwork to sign. And understandably, the person charged with signing those papers may not read every single line on every single page. Hidden among the legalese is often an agreement to submit all disputes to […]
The Texas legislature recently passed a bill which enables Texas residents to sell their life insurance policies to fund their Medicaid long-term care. Third-party companies typically buy the policies from seniors concerned about how to financially fund their long-term care needs in their later years and cash them in after the seniors die, keeping as […]
Many seniors are attracted to the conveniences and safety an assisted-living facility can offer. Assisted-living facilities became popular in the early 1980s, appealing to older individuals who wanted more support than they could afford to receive at home, while not yet needing the full services of a nursing facility. An assisted-living residence allows seniors to […]
BY JACOB A. HALE The handy thing about an estate planning practice is that it may be the only area of the law that applies to everyone. What I mean is, you can avoid criminal lawyers by staying on this side of the law; you can avoid family lawyers by staying married or staying single; […]