Admitting a loved one to a nursing home can be very stressful. In addition to dealing with a sick family member and managing all the details involved with the move, you must decide whether to sign all the papers the nursing home is giving you. Nursing home admission agreements can be complicated and confusing, so Read more about Should You Sign a Nursing Home Admission Agreement?[…]
A federal court has ruled that banks can’t foreclose on surviving spouses of reverse mortgage holders when the spouses can’t pay off the mortgage. The ruling should lead to regulatory changes that will help surviving spouses stay in their homes even if their names aren’t on the reverse mortgage. As ElderLawAnswers reported in 2012, if Read more about Surviving Spouses of Reverse Mortgage Holders[…]
She sat across from me, alternately dabbing at the tears that kept coming and wringing the tissue in her hands. “I can’t do this on my own.” I nodded in understanding, knowing what was coming next. “My husband served during the war, but there is no help for him now that he needs in-home care. Read more about Veterans, We Thank You[…]
In a case being closely watched by baby boomers throughout the country caring for aging parents, a Pennsylvania nurse has been charged with helping her 93-year-old father commit suicide. Barbara Mancini allegedly handed her father a vial of morphine, which he drank in its entirety, causing him to fall into a coma. Mancini’s father, Joe Yourshaw, Read more about Pennsylvania Nurse Charged With Assisted Suicide[…]