Health Care Decisions

End-of-life care decisions are never easy, but many Medicare recipients are being forced to choose between nursing home or hospice care, although neither by themselves may be ideal for a patient nearing the end of life.

Every adult is assumed to be capable of making their own decisions unless a court determines otherwise. If an adult becomes incapable of making responsible decisions, the court will appoint a substitute.

Elderlaw 101

Just as we create estate plans for our eventual demise, we also need to plan ahead for the possibility that we will become sick and unable to make our own medical decisions. ...

Elderlaw 101

In a major change in Medicare coverage rules, the Obama administration has agreed to end Medicare’s longstanding practice of requiring . . . ...

The point of buying long-term care insurance is so you don't have to worry how to pay for a nursing home (or other types of long-term care). . .

Advances in medicine are allowing Americans to live longer than ever, but The Best Care Possible argues that we are doing a poor job of helping people with what can be the burden of a longer life, and that this is...

A California jury has found that a doctor has no responsibility for a fatal car crash caused by an 85-year-old patient whom . . . ...

Assisted suicide is a controversial topic, but what exactly does the law say?...

Living longer is supposed to be better, but that's not the reality in most cases argues the author of this thought-provoking book that examines the way the media portrays aging in America -- and how that portrayal is lulling us into complacency.