Have you ever just sat around and spent a few hours thinking about your own mortality? Sure, you know on an instinctual level that your time on Planet Earth is finite, but do you ever just think about what happens when you die? If you’re like most of us, the answer to that question is probably a resounding “no!” After all, who has time to wallow in such thoughts when there’s so much life to live and so much that still needs to get done? On the other hand, though, if your focus on life and the … [Read more...]
Georgia Nursing Home Quality: More than a Quarter Receive Low Marks
There was shocking news this week as the most recent federal rankings for nursing home quality were released – a report that compared the quality of different long-term care facilities across the nation. In news that should raise more than a few eyebrows around the state, those ranking found that 27.6% of care facilities in Georgia qualified for only the lowest possible rating of just a single star. That placed Georgia near the bottom of states in the southeast region, with only the state of … [Read more...]
Afraid of Losing Control? Revocable Trusts Could Be the Solution
If you’ve heard that a trust might be the perfect solution to many of your estate planning needs, you’re not alone. Millions of Americans are learning about the benefits trusts can have in their own comprehensive planning efforts. Still, you might be a little bit reluctant to give up ownership and control over your assets by placing them in a trust. Chances are that you’d like to continue to exercise that control for as long as you can, right? Well, revocable trusts could be the perfect solution … [Read more...]
Why You Need the Best Medicaid Attorney Atlanta Has to Offer
If you’ve given any thought to your life after retirement, chances are that you may have at least considered the possibility that you might one day end up needing long-term care in a nursing home or similar facility. Each year, millions of elderly Americans discover that they can no longer take care of everything on their own, and many seek the type of comprehensive care that they can only get in those facilities. Still, there is more to consider than just whether you might one day need care; … [Read more...]
Why You Don’t Need to Worry About a Georgia Inheritance Tax
Taxes are something that most of us consider at one point or another in our lives, and that includes taxes on inheritances. For years, politicians have made great hay out of debating the relative merits of taxes on estates and inheritance, with some extoling the revenue benefits these taxes can provide and others criticizing them as an unnecessary “death tax” on wealth that was already taxed in life. For Georgia residents, and those residents of other states who stand to inherit property from … [Read more...]
Protecting Your Loved One with Special Needs Planning
One thing about estate planning that many people often fail to understand is that there is more to it than just ensuring a smooth distribution of property when you die. If you have dependents who rely on you for their care, then you know that one of the most important things that you can do is to plan ahead to ensure that your loved ones are cared for when you’re gone. This can be especially important for dependents with special needs, since their care after your death usually requires something … [Read more...]
Make Financial Planning Assistance Part of your Estate Planning Effort
By now, you’ve probably heard that everyone needs an estate plan. At some point, we all pass away, and we have a duty to ourselves and our loved ones to ensure that we have created a plan that can properly settle our estates when we’re gone. And though some might assume that they simply don’t have enough assets to make planning worth their while, that’s rarely true. If you have any property – real estate, a bank account, a car, or even a stamp collection, then you need some sort of estate plan … [Read more...]
When Wills Go Awry, an Atlanta Probate Attorney Can Help
Given that fewer than half of us actually have a Last Will and Testament, one would think that every created will would be a reason for celebration. On a certain level, it is. After all, the creation of a will is a sure sign that the testator has taken his responsibilities in that area at least somewhat seriously. On the other hand, the simple act of creating a will does not necessarily mean that your estate planning duties have actually been met. For a variety of reasons, that will you created … [Read more...]
Want to Help Prevent Alzheimer’s? These Columbus Researchers Need Your Help
Alzheimer’s is a horrible affliction that has been on the rise in Georgia and across the nation. By some estimates, the number of seniors in the state who are expected to suffer from the disease in the next decade is expected to grow by more than 46%. That’s a frightening possibility that should provoke a renewed effort to find a solution that can help to prevent the disease. In Columbus, Georgia, a group of researchers has launched a clinical trial that is designed to find a medical solution … [Read more...]
Seven Signs That Your Loved One Isn’t Receiving Proper Nursing Home Care
Elder abuse and neglect remains a major concern throughout the United States, despite a host of laws passed to prevent our seniors from suffering mistreatment. Sadly, far too many of these instances of abuse occur in the presumably safe environment of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. If you have a loved one in a nursing home, though, that abuse or neglect might not always be as obvious as you might think. To make matters worse, your loved one might not inform you of the poor … [Read more...]
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