While it may feel difficult to bring up sensitive issues related to aging, adult children should think carefully about how to facilitate conversations with their parents about the possibility of eventual physical or cognitive decline and about getting their personal...
One of our founding attorneys was recently recognized as the "Barrister's Choice" for best trusts/estate lawyer. Law Week Colorado publishes an annual list to track the highest performing attorneys in various practice areas with input from readers. As the only...
At & , LLC, our elder law practice includes legal counsel for people across Colorado about long-term care. Placement counseling includes review of facility admission agreements to advise clients about the...
Marco Chayet, a founding partner of LLC, and the Chair of NextFifty Initiative, was proud to participate in this week's announcement by Gov. John Hickenlooper and Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne that Colorado has received a grant to fund a senior...
In April, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation announced survey findings regarding opinions and experiences about end-of-life care and aging. In coordination with The Economist, they poled people in the US and three other countries. Some of the U.S. findings are...
At our law firm, we help our clients with many aspects of elder law, including legal matters related to preventing or responding to the abuse of elderly loved ones. We recently discussed the financial exploitation of Colorado elders, including the Colorado law that...
When caregivers were surveyed, they reported that 37 percent of the seniors they worked with had fallen prey to financial schemes. Another frequently cited statistic is equally disturbing: only one in 44 cases of financial exploitation is reported. Because reporting...
The Kaiser Family Foundation has estimated that approximately 60 percent of adults over 65 have advance medical directives. While it is a good idea for all adults to have these documents, what happens if they cannot be accessed quickly? A California pilot project is a...
As the quality of life around the globe has risen, so has the overall life expectancy. Average Americans are routinely living to 80, 90, even 100 years of age. This is due in no small part to medical and technological advances like: Access to preventative health care...
Why do schemes target the elderly? A variety of assumptions are often to blame. Those over 65 have the greatest accumulation of wealth, they are usually compassionate supporting many causes and they might not be as tech savvy.From tax scams claiming an unpaid bill to...
