Health Care Decisions

If you become incapacitated, who will make your medical decisions? Health care proxies and medical power of attorneys allow you to appoint someone else to act as your agent to make medical decisions on your behalf.

Although many people are willing to voluntarily care for a parent or loved one without any promise of compensation, entering into a caregiver contract with a family member can have many benefits. ...

Medicaid 101

Who do you think people pick to make medical decisions for them? The answers found in a new study may surprise you. ...

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.

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

Concern about stigma and denial of symptoms can delay a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease by more than two years (28....

Caregiving can be difficult in any situation, but it is especially difficult if you don't live near your loved one. To help long-distance caregivers, the NIA has written a booklet answering many common questions.

By a vote of 216-214, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed budget legislation that will impose punitive new ...

Money left to children can disappear for a host of reasons -- divorce, bankruptcy, litigation, or bad investments...