by Kathy Lane | Mar 19, 2013 | Long Term Care
Over ten million people have purchased long term care insurance, primarily to cover healthcare expenses that may occur in old age or during catastrophic illness. Up until now, this insurance usually treated men and women equally. Policy price depended on health...
by Kathy Lane | Mar 9, 2013 | Long Term Care, Medicaid, Medicaid Estate Recovery, Medicaid Penalty Period
This is a true and shocking story. John Pittas was ordered by a Pennsylvania court to pay his mother’s $92,943.41 nursing home bill under a filial support law. The filial support law states that certain family members are liable for the care, maintenance and...
by Kathy Lane | Feb 14, 2013 | Long Term Care
In the 1900’s, death often took place in someone’s home with loved ones nearby. Now, as more people are living longer and lifestyles have changed, death often occurs in a hospital overseen by trained staff. The resulting increase in the cost of dying has raised...
by Kathy Lane | Jul 22, 2012 | Conservatorship, Durable Power of Attorney Form, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Health Care Power of Attorney, Living Will Form, Long Term Care, Other Financial Directives
A friend sent me this poem by a “Cranky Old Man”. It has a message that all of us should think about as we care for elderly or incapacitated family members. When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town, it was...
by Kathy Lane | Apr 28, 2012 | Elder Law, Health Care Power of Attorney, Living Will Form, Long Term Care
This is Donate Life Month. It’s a good time to think about how you can help others. Just pledge to donate your organs, tissues and corneas to others when you die; by doing so, you may save up to eight lives and enhance the lives of many others. Did you know that as of...
by Kathy Lane | Apr 9, 2011 | durable power of attorney, Durable Power of Attorney Form, Health Care Power of Attorney, Living Will, Living Will Form, Long Term Care, Other Financial Directives, Other Medical Directives
National, state and local organizations have joined together to ensure that all adults have the opportunity to communicate and document their healthcare decisions. Too often, someone’s wishes are not known and steps are taken during a critical medical situation that...
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