Types of Dementia
Although there are many, many different types of Dementia, the most common are: Alzheimer's disease, Vascular Dementia, Lewy body Dementia and Frontot...
Louisiana Medicaid Eligibility for Long Term Care: Income and Asset Limits
I am often asked about the rules for Medicaid Eligibility for Long Term Care. I am attaching the 2019 Income and Asset Limits as posted on the Louisia...
Preparing for the Inevitable: A Checklist for Pre- and Post-Death Planning
Handling a death in the family is never easy. At these sorrowful times, ·we want to focus on remembering, grieving, and gathering together with our lo...
Sample Living Will
DECLARATION
Declaration made this _______ day of ________________, 20__.I, ______________________, being of sound mind, willfully and voluntarily...
Why should you have a living will?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91I80umibfQA living will allows you to provide instructions to your medical care providers in the event that you a...
The Difficult, Delicate Untangling of Our Parents’ Financial Lives
This article was published by Wall Street Journal and written by William Power. “No, no, no, don’t transfer me to her again,” pleads my w...
What’s Mom’s password? Online accounts and estate-planning headaches
Last year in Britain, brothers Josh and Patrick Grant made the news when their spat with tech giant Apple Inc. went public. Patrick Grant had inherite...
Technology for Better Aging
The following is a list of technology devices that I came across while researching a paper on technology designed to make the process of aging easier....
TGDL at work
Here is what a typical day at TGDL looks like:...
Using Caution When Hiring Home Health Care Providers
If you or someone you know uses or needs home health care, please be very cautious when selecting your home health care provider. While there are some...