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When Should I Start Taking Social Security Benefits?
As you approach retirement, you must decide when to begin taking your Social Security benefits. You have three options: You may begin taking benefits between age 62 and your full retirement age, you can wait until your full retirement age,...
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Can I Get Home Care from the Veterans Administration?
Can I Collect Social Security Benefits While I'm Working?
What Is a Special Needs Trust?
Special needs trusts (also known as "supplemental needs" trusts) are an important component of planning for a disabled child (even though the child may be an adult by the time the trust is created or funded).
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Can My Father Pay My Brother Rather Than a Nursing Home for Care?
I am in the position where I have to decide whether to put my father in a nursing home or not. I have found a facility that seems appropriate and costs $4,500 per month. My brother has said he would...
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Will Putting My Daughter's Name on My Accounts Affect Her Credit Rating?
I recently put my daughter on my bank accounts. I did this in the event that I took ill and could not pay my bills. I felt it was the easist way for her to handle things if this event...
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Will Mom Have Enough Money If Dad Needs a Nursing Home?
Currently, my father is living at home and cared for by myself and my mother. But my mother is panic-stricken about the what ifs of nursing home care and the community spouse. My parents still owe $94,000 on their home.
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What Happens When a Medicaid Recipient Receives an Inheritance?
My mother is currently on Medicaid. She has Alzheimer's Disease. We have been informed that she will be receiving a inheritance from a recently deceased family member. How does this work with Medicaid? I know that she will no longer...
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