When you think about your New Year’s Resolutions, what comes to mind? Is it the tried and true: get healthy, lose weight, and spend more time with family and friends? Do you find yourself focusing more on setting business or personal goals? When it comes to the...
There is never a wrong time to visit a loved one who is in a nursing home. Simply seeing the visitor or family member may be more meaningful to the person confined to the long-term care facility than you know. With that said, each of us needs to be prepared as our...
As Tom and Jessica worked on their estate plan, a friend suggested the look into creating a trust. Tom laughed because, obviously, on rich people need trusts. However, he and Jessica started researching trusts and learned, to their surprise, that many people can...
Government benefits sometimes are difficult to find. Many programs exist and there’s just no way to know about all of the ones that might help you. For example, wartime veteran Alan L. had great difficulty taking care of himself as he approached age 75. His concerned...
The month of November is here. This means for Alabama seniors, and those who are Medicare beneficiaries, it is time for the annual Medicare Open Enrollment period. This is the time of year when you may update, change, or find new coverage for yourself as a Medicare...
Did you know a Baby Boomer is a person who was born between 1946 and 1964? This means the Boomer is now between the ages of 55 and 73. Unfortunately, the reality of the aging process is he or she could possibly be facing a greater potential need of skilled nursing...