by Randy Coleman | Sep 4, 2013 | Elder Care, Elder Law, Long Term Care, Medicaid Planning, Nursing Homes |
I received an email late last night from a client with whom I recently met in my office. The client’s elderly parents, both mother and father (80s an 90s), have had some serious medical problems over past few months. It now appears that both of them will be...
by Randy Coleman | Jul 23, 2013 | Estate Planning, Estate Taxes, Irrevocable Trusts, Life Insurance Protection, Probate, Special Needs Trusts, Spendthrift Trusts |
There has been a lot of discussion about James Gandolfini’s will and his estate planning – or perhaps lack of estate planning might be more accurate. A Forbes article a couple of days ago outlines the biggest shortcomings of Gandolfini’s estate...
by Randy Coleman | Jul 16, 2013 | Advance Directives in Florida, Designation of Health Care Surrogate, Disability Planning, Durable Power of Attorney, Elder Care, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Health Care Power of Attorney, Individual Retirement Accounts, IRAs, Living Will, Long Term Care, Medicaid Planning, Medicare, Nursing Homes, Retirement Accounts, Retirement Planning, ROTH IRAs, Social Security, Veterans Pension Benefits |
The aging, healthcare and special needs conversation is vitally important to you and your family. Except for government employees and Social Security, retirement plans that pay benefits until death are pretty much a thing of the past. Plus, people today are living...
by Randy Coleman | Jul 12, 2013 | Advance Directives in Florida, Disability Planning, Do Not Resucitate Order, Durable Power of Attorney, Elder Care, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Health Care Power of Attorney, Living Will, Long Term Care, Medicaid Planning, Medicare, Nursing Homes, Retirement Planning, Social Security, VA Benefits, Veterans Pension Benefits |
You’ve heard people say it and maybe you have even said it yourself. “Don’t worry Mom or Dad, I’ll take care of you in your old age.”This always seems to be a simple loving gesture on your part as you see them beginning to age and settle into...
by Randy Coleman | Jul 4, 2013 | Disability Planning, Elder Care, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Medicaid Planning, Medicaid Qualified Irrevocable Income Only Trust, Medicare, Nursing Homes, Qualified Income Trust, Special Needs Trusts |
An article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal reminds us of how difficult a task it has become to plan for our long term care. With the baby boomer generation turning 65 at the rate of 10,000 per day, the issue of long term care planning is becoming more...
