Only 45% understand estate plan can provide instructions on life support
According to WealthCounsel’s recent inaugural Estate Planning Awareness Survey: Less than half (45%) tell us that they understand that estate planning can be used to express an individual’s wishes related to personal healthcare decisions, e.g., whether to...Woman ‘accidentally cremated while still alive’
As we like to say in firearm training, there is no such thing as an accident — only negligence. (Or intent.} What are your end-of-life instructions? Get a free living will by attending our free estate planning seminar. A subsequent post-mortem later concluded...Should You Invest In Long-Term Care Insurance?
“We don’t know if we’re going to get Alzheimer’s or anything like that. I think the best thing is to have your team of advisers. 30’s, 40’s, 50’s, is a good time to meet with an attorney, get estate planning documents put in place so there’s someone to act on...Man Awakens After 12 Years in a “Vegetative State,” Says “I Was Aware of Everything”
Something to think about when filling out that advance health care directive: Now Martin is married and has penned a memoire about his life. He has gained control of his body and in his book Ghost Boy, he writes, “My mind was trapped inside a useless body, my...Brain games linked to delayed cognitive decline in elderly
This is not the first such study, and I have previously suggested that attendance at my free training events, including my laser simulated range, could spark an interest in a healthy new hobby. “Mentally stimulating activities perhaps in combination with...Misdiagnosis of Women’s Heart Disease
Heart disease is the leading killer of women, responsible for one in every four female deaths, and this danger was highlighted by the tragic death of actress Carrie Fisher in late 2016. But almost two-thirds of women who die suddenly from heart disease had no...Few Patients Have Advance Care Directives Available
Results: Among study patients (n = 104), 59% reported completing some form of ACP: living will 52%, heathcare power of attorney 54%, do not resuscitate 38%, and medical orders for scope of treatment or physician orders for life-sustaining treatment 6%. Whites...Estate Planning for College Students? What Every Parent Needs to Know
When a child is away at school and falls ill or otherwise needs medical attention (including for mental health purposes), most parents assume that they will be contacted and will have all the rights and responsibilities to direct care. You may be surprised to...Egypt busts organ trading racket, arrests 45 people
Egypt and China are two big reasons to put some planning into how your agents decide to “pull the plug” — what does your advance health care directive say? CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has uncovered a network accused of illicit international...Cancer fails to stop woman from serving Santa Ana’s homeless
This woman is an inspiration, leaving a rich legacy of charity. But note part of the reason she is able to do this: Finances aren’t a worry: A long-term disability policy she invested in provides 70 percent of her wages; Guy Morrison continues to work as a physical...Five Ways Technology Will Change How Your Clients Age
Advisors can steer clients towards the technology that will help them in old age. Here are the top five ways. Source: Five Ways Technology Will Change How Your Clients AgeSpecial Needs Trust Fairness Act Becomes Law
On Dec. 13, 2016, President Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act (H.R.34 — 114th Congress (2015-2016)). Section 5007 of the Act, titled “Fairness in Medicaid Supplemental Needs Trusts” incorporates language from the Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2015...World’s oldest man Mbah Goto celebrates what he claims to be his 146th birthday
He has outlived all 10 of his siblings as well as his four wives, the last of whom died in 1988. All of his children have also died, and now he is survived by his grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren. Source: World’s oldest...When Roles Reverse: Caring for Mom or Dad
QUESTIONS FOR FAMILY DISCUSSIONS What do you hope for in your or your loved ones’ stages of frailty (older age or illness)? What do you hope for your family as a whole during these times? What are some fears and worries about aging (your own or when your parents,...Pennsylvania man, 89, heads out to store, ends up in Alabama
A reminder that dementia is progressive and at times accompanied by long periods of lucidity. Get any necessary estate planning done as soon as possible and of course, include a health care directive — which you can get free by attending our free estate planning...#FamilyProtection: Seniors Suffer Amid Widespread Fraud By Medicaid Caretakers
An Alaska man developed gangrenous toes. A Philadelphia woman froze to death on the street. An Illinois woman died emaciated, covered in excrement.These patients suffered as their government-paid caretakers neglected them, collecting paychecks under a Medicaid program...#FamilyProtection: Janet Reno died today. Good time to think about cremation?
I have no idea whether Janet Reno’s remains will be cremated, buried, or end up in someone’s “spirit cooking” recipe, but her death may be a good excuse to start thinking about cremation versus other options. Cremation is a very popular choice...#AssetProtection: Estate of Famed Local Judge in Probate Purgatory
Lots of irony here, and perhaps some lessons. Famed local juvenile court judge who never had any children of her own, but has a building named after her that has housed probate court operations for the county, now has her estate tied up in probate court. Lamoreaux,...#FamilyProtection: How tens of thousands of patients who weren’t actually dying wound up on hospice care
Turns out, hospice care companies earn more when people stay longer: “When people elect hospice care they are forgoing curative care – and it’s important for them to know that,” Nancy Harrison, one of the investigators, said in a interview....
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