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Most young adults don't consider estate planning a priority. Young adults in their twenties and thirties often think they don't own enough to constitute an estate. However, an estate is the total of all you own – money, investments, real estate, vehicles, business interests, digital assets (inclu...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a new drug under the trademark Aduhelm™ to treat Alzheimer's disease. The drug, Aducanumab, is a therapeutic drug that clinically demonstrates a potential to delay further decline from Alzheimer's disease and is also the first FDA approv...

The purpose of The Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act is to provide individuals and families the ability to finance disability needs tax-free. The savings vehicle provided by the ABLE Act is similar to the 529 education savings plan. The ABLE Act allows families to save up to $100,000 ...

According to Florida Today, 46 million Americans own the well-known crypto asset, Bitcoin and the number of people owning cryptocurrency is growing steadily. Bitcoin was created in January 2009 by Satoshi Nakamoto as a peer-to-peer electronic cash system. This digital or virtual currency is held ...

Imagine that mother and dad have run the family farm for a long time. Now, though, they’re getting on in years and they’re considering moving into a smaller place. It’s now time to think about how the farm legacy should be worked out.

Whether engaging in online banking, using a mobile plane boarding pass, or creating work calendars shared in the cloud, the internet of things provides needed connectivity. Yet critical medical information, health care directives, and other essential legal documents tend to remain in older storage formats such as paper files or on-site at a hospital or doctor’s office.

By 2050 more than 15 percent, or 12.7 million Americans age 65 or more, will be diagnosed with dementia.

About 17 percent of the US population is a family caregiver, and most are losing sleep, worrying, losing income, struggling to balance caregiving tasks with their workload and other family responsibilities.

When a loved one dies with a will, their will lays out who will oversee settling the estate (the executer) and who shall receive their property.

Because of advancements in today’s medicine and health care, people with various kinds of special needs or disabilities can live more productive lives than ever before.

As a caregiver it is vital to be prepared for anything. Caregivers must balance the need for their care partner's health and balance it with that person's safety. As the US heads into seasonally extreme weather months, it is prudent to create or revisit existing plans for evacuating a patient or ...

Since the federal estate tax exemption allowance appears to be in jeopardy of being lowered, it may be time to reconsider how you plan to pass generational wealth to your heirs.

Whether you have a horse, dog, cat, parrot, or even more exotic pets such as a snake or lizard, it is possible to provide for them after you are gone or no longer are capable of tending to their needs by creating a pet trust.

You will need to ensure that your preferences on life-sustaining medical treatment is laid out properly through the use of a living will.

In the United States, elder care can be astronomically expensive. Long term care can run around $7,000.00 or more per month, depending on location.

Although owning property with family may let you pass on the asset without going through probate, there are several risks, including taxes, creditor exposure, and loss of control. So when dealing with property, it is important to consider these risks and how to manage them, or to consider other methods of estate management entirely.

The sad truth is Americans, aged 50 or more, are experiencing gray divorce more than ever. The term gray divorce generally refers to the baby boomer generation and affects all classes and education levels.

Trusts can avoid an expensive, public, and lengthy probate process before your beneficiaries can inherit after you pass. Or, you might be in the classic “trust fund” situation, where you’re concerned that your children won’t be able to manage money wisely.

The aging population of the United States is widely reported as the bulk of the baby boomer generation is already retired or nearing retirement. However, what has not been widely reported is how the rest of the nation will provide care for this large, aging population.

In estate planning, a letter of instruction is vital. It is an informal document that will give your loved one’s important information about personal and financial matters after your death.

We, as humans, typically don’t like to think about the possibility of something harmful happening to us or a loved one. Because of this, we rarely think about how to protect ourselves and our loved ones if the worst were to happen.

Most of us look forward to a retirement filled with leisure and relaxation, but many older Americans are facing financial difficulties that are destroying their retirement dreams.

The Biden Administration could bring monumental changes to the current landscape for older Americans. Biden has outlined what he would like to accomplish for older Americans, and this article is intended to summarize some of those plans.

Operation Protect Veterans is a national anti-fraud campaign that alerts veterans and their families who have a long history of being targeted for financial abuses, often leveraging a veteran's sense of duty and loyalty to fall prey to scams.

A geriatric care manager is a highly-skilled advocate for older adults and is specially trained to help identify resources to make managing your loved one's daily life easier. A GCM is sometimes referred to as "aging life care professional" or "senior care manager," as some find the term geriatric to be outdated. When is it appropriate to employ a care manager for your aging parent or loved one?