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I’VE HEARD SOME BAD THINGS ABOUT DURABLE GENERAL POWERS OF ATTORNEY
And don’t know if I should include one in my estate plan. The modern POA allows a competent individual, the principal, to preselect someone he…
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I’M PLANNING AN EXTENDED TRIP TO MEXICO AND NEED TO KNOW IF MEDICARE WILL COVER ME WHILE ABROAD.
Generally Medicare does not cover health care, prescription drugs or dialysis when a person is traveling outside the U.S. There are a few narrow exceptions…
MY WIFE AND I HAD LIVING TRUSTS DONE FOR US ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO WITH ASSOCIATED ESTATE DOCUMENTS.
We have since inherited some antiques we want to divide between our children upon our deaths. Should we have everything reviewed? Yes, if there has…
WHAT ARE ADVANCE DIRECTIVES AND WHY DO I NEED THEM?
The legal battle over the life of Terri Shiavo, age 26 when she went into coma, caused many people to stop and think about end…
IN THE STATE’S DISCUSSION ON REDUCING MEDICAID FUNDING IS THERE SOMETHING MORE SOUTH CAROLINA CITIZENS SHOULD KNOW?
Yes. First, Medicaid in South Carolina is over a dozen different programs. One program covers only poor children and another severely handicapped children whose parents…
WHO SHOULD CONSIDER DOING MEDICAID PLANNING FOR NURSING HOME CARE AND WHEN SHOULD ONE START?
People of modest means with total assets between $25,000 to $500,000 should talk with an elder law attorney about Medicaid planning. Planning may be addressed…
SHOULD I HAVE A LIVING WILL OR A HEALTH CARE POWER OF ATTORNEY?
April 16th is National Health Care Decisions Day. Health care decision making involves considerations about personal preferences, the role of other family members and physicians,…
WHAT IS LEGAL CAPACITY, AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU?
A person’s legal capacity has to do with wide ranges of ability and understanding when it comes to making decisions. Different levels of capacity satisfy…
IMPORTANT NEWS FOR VIETNAM VETERANS WITH PARKINSON’S, B CELL LEUKEMIAS, AND ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
On October 13, 2009, Veteran’s Affairs Secretary Shinseki established service connection for Vietnam veterans with three conditions; Parkinson’s, B cell leukemias, and ischemic heart disease.…
LONG-TERM CARE FOR SENIOR VETERANS
In 1919 President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Nov. 11th as Armistice Day to honor those veterans that served in World War I. In 1954, President Eisenhower…