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...
One of our own, founding attorney and partner Marco Chayet, is proud to announce that he will be assuming an important new role as Board Chair of the NextFifty Initiative, an organization aimed at increasing the quality of life for Colorado's aging population. What is...
Your spouse suffers a stroke or you fall while cleaning and fracture your wrist and pelvis - what happens next? Some amount of long-term care services will likely be required.Long-term care includes all the medical and non-medical services to cope with a chronic...
The last time we talked about long term care planning was about a month ago. We wrote about LTC insurance, and how it can prove very beneficial to some people. Today, we're going to talk about home care, what options there are for this type of care and why many people...
At some point in our lives, we will no longer be able to do the things that we once did. We won't be able to play basketball with the usual group on Saturdays. Those weekend hiking trips will be a thing of the past. And even some of the more basic tasks, such as...
It can be hard to imagine, but if you can, think about your life when you are much older. Picture yourself as a 70- or 75-year-old person and trying to do all of the things that you do today. Some of those things won't be possible anymore, and others still, though...
The US Congress passed the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act in 2014. The law will enable people with disabilities to access savings accounts to pay disability-related expenses. The accounts will not affect Medicaid and Supplement Security Income...
Do you freeze up when someone mentions “the end of life" or "advance planning?” Few are comfortable with the topic. Estimates are that more than 60 percent of older adults do not have an advance directive in place that expresses their wishes regarding end-of-life...
As people are living longer, due to both healthier lifestyles and medical advances, it is becoming increasingly common that Denver residents find themselves rearing children while taking care of elderly parents. When those elderly parents suffer from dementia related...
