Estate Planning

This guide provides a way for adults, while they are still of sound mind, to map out in detail the care they would wish to receive if they become incapacitated.

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Two ElderLawAnswers member attorneys have written an easy-to-understand guide to financial planning for Alzheimer's patients.

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This guide clearly explains the job of the executor -- the person nominated in a will to carry out the deceased's last wishes.

Written by a former Secretary of Aging for Pennsylvania who also has experience caring for an elderly relative, the book covers the gamut of aging issues -- from common diseases elders face to the basics of estate planning.

A highly readable survey of the estate planning and long-term care choices that could spell the difference between financial stability and ruin for families.